Wooden sculpture promotes airport art

Bough House sculpture on display the main terminal building

A unique piece of wooden art by Rob Heard has been ‘checked-in’ at Exeter Airport to promote an arts exhibition at the Exeter Flying Club building on Sunday 3 March. One of the artist’s Bough House sculptures will be on display the main terminal building over the weekend. It has a series of aerial walkways []

Haven Banks project funded by sale of the airport

The biggest single sum allocated from the £60m

Work starts this month on a world class outdoor education and training centre in Exeter.  The £5.6 million for the project is the biggest single sum ever to be allocated from the proceeds of the sale of Exeter Airport.  Regional and City Airports (RCA), a company backed by both the investment expertise and infrastructure development []

Airport supports FORCE in its 25th year

EXTended local Cancer Support Centre needs £760,000

Local cancer charity, FORCE, has been selected as Exeter Airport’s Charity of the Year for 2012.  During the twelve month association, thousands of passengers will be made aware of the good works of the organisation and have the opportunity make a contribution. Matt Roach, Exeter Airport’s managing director said: “We are pleased to be able []

New Exeter Thomson Aircraft

A spacious new look, larger overhead stow bins and a quieter cabin.

Thomson Airways customers flying from Exeter Airport will now have the opportunity to travel on aircraft from the airline’s upgraded fleet of new Boeing 737-800s. The airport’s managing director Matt Roach, who met Thomson Airways Fleet Captain Phil Parry when he inspected the new aircraft this week, said: “The new Boeing 737-800 in the blue []

NORWICH flights return with new operator

Daily flights with Loganair start 25 March - from £49.99 one-way

Both business and leisure passengers will welcome the return of the Exeter – Norwich air link next March, cutting over five hours off a road or rail journey. The new operator on the East Anglia route is Loganair, and the Flybe franchise carrier will offer flights seven days a week from 25 March 2012 with []

Royal Caribbean Fly-Cruises

Western Mediterranean and Canaries cruises from £699

One hundred travel agents attended the Exeter Airport launch of the Royal Caribbean 2012 series of Fly-Cruise Holidays this week and were given full details of the Adventure of the Seas sailings from Malaga. Exeter Airport, which has been nominated for the travel industry’s Globe Travel Awards in the Best UK Airport category, hosted an []

Festive Flight for Bramble Ward

21 local children on first flight for E175

A local Santa flight brought a little festive cheer for 21 children from the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital on Tuesday (06/12/11). The children, currently receiving treatment for cancer, in the hospital’s Bramble Ward joined the specially chartered Flybe sponsored flight with Santa and key players from Exeter City Football Club’s First Team squad on []

Water Arc Welcome

Traditional greeting for two new Flybe E175 aircraft

Exeter Airport played an important role in the celebrations to mark the delivery of Flybe’s first two E175 jet aircraft when the airport fire service provided a spectacular water arc. The arc, a traditional form of welcome for aircraft joining the fleet and the first for the airport, was created when two fire tenders on []

Airport sponsors top tourism award

Matt Roach presents Devon Tourism Award to Winner of Winners

Exeter Airport’s Managing Director Matt Roach will present the Devon Tourism Awards Winner of Winners award tonight (23 November) at Sandy Park, Exeter. The Devon Tourism Awards received a record number of entries this year and after rigorous judging, 27 businesses have been selected as representing the cream of Devon tourism in ten areas.  The []

Three routes to regional France

Up to 16 flights a week to Avignon, Bergerac and Rennes

Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline and the UK’s Number One Domestic carrier, has announced the extension of its 2012 summer schedule with three further routes from Exeter to popular French summer destinations Avignon, Bergerac and Rennes. The updated 2012 summer schedule now offers passengers from Exeter International Airport a choice of 19 routes across its []