Busy Summer Season Starts

Passengers fly from wet & windy Exeter

Exeter Airport’s 80th year of operation is entering its busy peak period with around 40,000 passengers expected to use the airport in the first week of the summer holidays. As the airport, in its fifth year of successive growth, sees annual passenger numbers heading back towards the million mark, passengers are taking advantage of, not []

Iceland Short Break

A three night trip to Akureyri

Explore the culture and scenery of the Arctic north with an ‘Incredible Iceland’ break. Akureyri is Iceland’s second largest city and it is still something of a hidden gem where you can enjoy Icelandic culture, heritage and cuisine in the city’s museums, restaurants, shops and bars, all the while surrounded by stunning Arctic scenery. Highlights []

Flybe celebrates 15 years

The Exeter-based airline changed its name in 2002

Flybe has marked 15 years since its rebrand and to mark the day cup cakes were offered to passengers departing on its flights from Exeter Airport. In July 2002 British European, which was formally Jersey European, changed its look and business model in a new beginning for the Exeter-based airline. Book these summer Flybe flights: []

Sorrento Summer Late Deal

Seven nights HB departing 22 July from £499

This great summer late deal includes flights and 7 nights with breakfast and dinner at the 4 star Hotel Delle Palme, Sant’Agata sui Due Golfi, with optional excursions to Capri, the Amalfi Coast or Pompeii. Seven nights Half Board Price from £499.00 per person* Departure 22 July 2017 Holiday includes: Return flight on the exclusive []

Slovenia’s Lake Bled Special Offer

Depart 15 July for a 7 night Half Board stay from £599

Depart 15 July for a 7 night Half Board stay at a 4 star hotel from £599. An Omega Holidays adventure which includes flights and transfers, 4 star hotel with dinner and breakfast, a free walking tour of picturesque villages and optional excursions (at a supplement) including the country’s largest wine cellar, a fantastic tour []

Italy’s ‘Beauty and the Beach’ Special Offer

Lido di Jesolo holiday deal departing 15 July 2017

Your chance to enjoy the Italian Summer Sunshine Lido di Jesolo ‘Beauty and the Beach’ fairytale holiday. Depart 15 July for a 7 night Half Board stay at a centrally located 3 star hotel at Lido di Jesolo from £599 The Venetian islands lie in a large lagoon, gated from the sea by a chain []

‘Base of the Month’ again and again

Exeter Airport is TUI best ‘On Time Base’

The TUI Airline Thomson Airways On Time Departure Performance (OTP) at Exeter continues to be recognised as excellent, so much so that the team have recently celebrated winning the Airline’s OTP award for the third month running, a first for Exeter and Thomson. Exeter Airport has continued with its top performances and the ‘Base of []

Price Lock-Down fare option

Flybe offer online fare hold for up to 24 hours

Flybe has launched an improved ‘Price Lock-Down’ fare option which gives customers the opportunity to ‘hold’ their preferred online fare for 24 hours*. ‘Price Lock-Down’ guarantees that the price of a chosen flight itinerary is held so customers can check and finalise all their travel details before confirming and paying for their Flybe flight. The fee []

Globetrotter on the Moor Otters trail

Artistic statue spotting in Devon

Exeter Airport is playing its part in the Moor Otters Trail this summer. One hundred decorated otter statues were ‘released’ from Bovey Castle on Dartmoor last month and placed at a range of locations around the area. The decorated resin statues have been created by talented artists, mainly from the local region, and have become []

Record weekend for executive jet centre

XLR caters for growing corporate aircraft market

Exeter Airport’s XLR executive jet centre has reported one of its busiest ever weekends after the airport hosted a clutch of executive jets for the UEFA Champions League final in Cardiff and fleets of aircraft for the Torbay Air Show. XLR usually handles three or four corporate aircraft a day on average, but over the []