On 6 June 1944 the invasion began in the early hours and the 440th Troop Carrier Group despatched 47 Dakotas, each carrying paratroops of the 101st Airborne Division.
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Author: Craig Farnes
Airports Safety Week
AOA UK Airports Safety Week 13-19 May
The AOA UK Airports Safety Week involves 52 airports who are participating in various safety events and activities to increase awareness of safety and operations across the industry. Exeter Airport is participating in this event and actively encouraging all staff to take part in as many activities as they are able to. These have included […]
Ryanair launches new Alicante route
New winter flights from 29 October 2019
Ryanair is launching new winter flights from Exeter Airport to Alicante in Spain from 29 October 2019 with tickets on sale from today (12 April 2019).
New Ryanair flights
Routes to Malta, Malaga and Naples
Ryanair start three new routes to Malta, Malaga and Naples.
Tenerife with TUI
Check out the Canary Island with year-round sunshine
Let us tempt you with our Tenerife TUI hoidays – with all the convenience of a local departure from Exeter Airport. A holiday hotspot Tenerife’s unerring reputation has been built on the back of decades of good reviews. One of the earliest came from Queen Victoria, who used to take her vacations here in the […]
Work on new pre-flight area starts
Construction is underway for a new boarding gate area
Initial ground works are underway for the construction of a new boarding gate area ahead of a busy 2019 which will see the first ever series of flights from Ryanair. The passenger pre-flight waiting area is being built alongside the current boarding gates with a new entrance from the departure lounge. The project of improvements, […]
Fewer trains – so take the plane
Tunnel trouble to London
There will be fewer trains to London on the West of England line from Monday 18 February until Friday 8 March 2019. The closure of a train tunnel between Exeter and Taunton will mean that journey times will be extended by up to an hour with diversions and a rail replacement transport. The planned upgrade […]
Airport aims to help Alzheimer’s charity
Alzheimer’s Society is investing in research into dementia
The 2019 Exeter Airport Charity of the Year is the Alzheimer’s Society. To launch the year long association with the charity Exeter Airport Duty Manager Anna Wroth, who has special responsibility for the airport’s Assistance service, welcomed Claire Frost, the Alzheimer’s Society Community Fundraiser for the area, who handed over the badges used to promote […]
More Edinburgh and Amsterdam flights
Flybe boost the Exeter Summer schedule
Flybe will expand its 2019 Summer schedule from Exeter Airport with the addition of an extra three flights a week to Edinburgh, operating on Monday, Thursday and Friday evenings, together with an extra Sunday service to Amsterdam. All flights are available for booking now at flybe.com for travel between 31 March and 26 October 2019. […]
Hand Baggage – Please Check
Be aware of your airline's cabin baggage size resrictions
Ryanair Ryanair, with flights from Exeter to Malaga, Malta and Naples from April, will be operating the airline’s 2019 hand baggage policy allowing only one small piece of hand baggage into the cabin unless priority boarding is booked. The following summary is subject to change: All Ryanair passengers may take 1 small personal bag, maximum […]