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Flybe unveils 23 new summer routes
Flybe has launched 23 new routes for summer 2008, with significant investment in new flights from Cardiff, Inverness, and the Isle of Man.
From Cardiff, the no-frills airline will fly to Edinburgh three times daily, to Glasgow twice daily, and to Newcastle daily, all starting on March 30.
From Inverness, it will start flights to Birmingham daily from March 30, and from May 8 it will also add services to Exeter and Southampton daily and to Manchester twice daily.
From the Isle of Man, Flybe is adding flights to Liverpool three times daily from March 30 and also to Newquay, although scheduled and prices are not yet finalised.
From Newquay, it will fly daily to Southampton and to both Birmingham and Glasgow on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from March 30. It will also add flights to the Isle of Man and Reus, with details yet to be announced.
A new non-stop service to Paris from Belfast will fly daily from March 30 and there will be two new weekly services from Jersey to Aberdeen and Doncaster (both on Saturdays).
The airline’s chief commercial officer Mike Rutter said: “The all new Summer schedule for 2008 sees Flybe continuing to grow across the UK and Europe with a large number of new routes on sale.
“The latest routes show us cementing our position as Europe’s largest regional carrier in key areas, building Flybe into a bigger and stronger airline with a long term commitment to offering sustainable, reliable and convenient travel to our passengers.
“Cardiff, Inverness and the Isle of Man in particular will benefit from our committed investment into these strategic regional economies.”
By Bev Fearis
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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