Flybe announces summer 2008 schedule

Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, today launches its complete summer 2008 schedule that offers a mixture of popular sunshine and domestic routes. With 23 new routes across the UK and Europe and over seven million seats on sale, travellers are urged to book now to secure flights for their summer breaks next year.

Regional highlights include nine additional routes being introduced from Cardiff, Inverness and the Isle of Man, a major investment in these important Flybe destinations. The South West also benefits with brand new routes to Barcelona (Reus), Birmingham, Glasgow, the Isle of Man and Southampton from Newquay airport, in addition to flights from Exeter to Dubrovnik, Brussels, Inverness and Aberdeen.

There are also 12 new routes on sale from Flybe’s Scottish bases of Inverness, Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow to destinations across the UK and Europe, as well as a new non-stop service to Paris from Belfast and two new services from Jersey to Aberdeen and Doncaster.

With key routes to tourist resorts and city break destinations, the programme offers customers a comprehensive selection of affordable and convenient links to popular business and leisure destinations, successfully bringing low-cost travel to the regions. They also confirm Flybe’s dedication to key UK bases as well as further developing the airline’s growth.

The summer schedule is effective from 30th March to 25th October 2008, with seats on sale today at Flybe.com.

Mike Rutter, Chief Commercial Officer, Flybe comments: “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.

“We will continue to bring exceptional service and low-cost travel to the regions whilst promoting our positive environmental policy through our eco-labelling scheme and the ongoing deployment of our environmentally sensitive $3billion fleet across our network.”