Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) published figures that show that easyJet is the UK’s largest airline, measured by the number of passengers flown for the second year in a row. In 2009 over 28 million passengers flew with easyJet through UK airports, which is significantly more than any other airline.
In just 15 years easyJet has grown from a small two aircraft operation to become the UK’s largest airline, operating out of 16 airports across the UK from Inverness down to Bristol. In addition the airline is making significant headway in Europe. easyJet is now the leading airline at many major European airports such as Milan Malpensa, and is the second largest airline in France and Switzerland. easyJet currently offers over 500 routes across 29 countries with a fleet of nearly 200 aircraft.
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Low cost airline Flybe announced a brand new four times weekly service from Belfast to Humberside. Flights will be operated on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays. Flybe offers new flights on sale – introductory fares are available from only £25.99 one way including taxes and charges for travel effective May 27, 2010.
The new route will be the first ever scheduled service to Northern Island from Humberside airport. It will be operated by one of the airline’s 78-seat Q-400 aircraft featuring comfortable 2×2 seating configuration and further expands Flybe’s presence at the airport from where it also offers flights to Jersey and Malaga.
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Low cost airline Flybe has added another brand new route to its growing schedule out of Newcastle airport with a twice weekly summer service to Guernsey on Tuesdays and Saturdays giving North East travellers even more options for popular holiday getaways.
These first ever scheduled flights offered between Newcastle and the much visited Channel Island, further reinforces Flybe’s commitment to bringing convenient, affordable travel to the North East. Flights, operated by Flybe’s fuel efficient state-of- the-art 78-seat Bombardier Q400 aircraft, are available for booking now at flybe.com with fares from £35.99 one way including taxes and airport charges for travel between July 10 and August 31, 2010.
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Low cost airline Flybe has announced a new weekly summer service from Humberside to Malaga for 2010 with seats now on sale from £44.99 one-way including taxes and charges for travel effective May 29 to September 11, 2010.
The new Saturday route, operated in partnership with Humberside Airport, will be the first ever scheduled service to Malaga from the region. It will be operated by one of the airline’s 118-seat Embraer 195 jet aircraft featuring comfortable 2 x 2 seating configuration and expands Flybe’s presence at the airport from where it began operating its successful Jersey route last year.
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Low cost airline Flybe has – due to strengthening demand – further increased capacity on its services to and from Paris Charles de Gaulle to assist stranded Eurostar passengers between now and Christmas.
In addition to having already laid on larger aircraft from both Birmingham and Southampton to Paris Charles de Gaulle airport, growing demand has resulted in the airline upgrading capacity on another four flights tomorrow, namely BE1251/2 Southampton-Paris-Southampton and BE7031/2 Birmingham-Paris-Birmingham.
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Low cost airline Flybe has announced the addition of 16 brand new routes to its full Summer 2010 programme that includes those serving Birmingham, Exeter, Guernsey, Jersey, Manchester and Southampton as well as another new European route from London Gatwick where the airline is the largest UK domestic carrier.
New destinations include those in regional France, and Verona in northern Italy. Read more…
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Low cost airline Flybe has added another brand new route to and from Exeter, this time for its first ever service to Germany from the SW base, namely a three times weekly summer service to Hannover that gives travellers even more options for affordable European getaways.
Seats, through-running via Newcastle, are available for booking now at flybe.com with fares from just £59.99 one way, including taxes and charges.
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British low cost airline Flybe is making sure that winter travellers can stretch their festive budgets even further this year with the launch of a “Just Pay Taxes & Charges” seat sale to 15 of its most popular destinations with booking available until midnight November 25 for travel before February 28, 2010.
The limited time ‘Just Pay Taxes & Charges’ deal is open to those booking online at flybe.com to selected destinations, namely Aberdeen, Amsterdam, Belfast City, Birmingham, Cardiff, Dublin, Edinburgh, Exeter, Liverpool, London Gatwick, Leeds Bradford, Manchester, the Isle of Man, Newcastle and Paris Charles de Gaulle from just £23.99 one way.
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One of Europe’s largest regional airlines Flybe announces a new codeshare agreement with Etihad Airways which will provide air travellers in the UK greater and easier access to the Abu Dhabi-based airline’s rapidly expanding network of more than 50 destinations.
Under the deal, Flybe will place its ‘BE’ code on Etihad’s flights between Paris, Frankfurt and Manchester and its Abu Dhabi home base. In turn, the Abu Dhabi-based airline will place its two-letter ‘EY’ code on a number of services operated by Flybe between the same three destinations as well as Southampton, Isle of Man, Inverness, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Birmingham and Exeter for travel effective November 13.
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Flybe, one of Europe’s largest regional airlines and the UK’s number one domestic carrier, has welcomed 16 new pilots from its own sponsored pilot recruitment programme to undergo a familiarisation/induction course for its Q400 fleet, included amongst which are three recruits from the South West.
The intake flies in the face of current global aviation activity where many airlines are shedding rather than hiring pilots as a direct result of the economic climate. Flybe’s programme operates in conjunction with a number of training schools across Europe and demonstrates its commitment to high quality training as it continues to recruit from flight schools that include Flight Training Europe, Jerez, Cabair College of Air Training at Cranfield and Oxford Aviation Academy.
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