Flybe Winter Schedule – Now on Sale

12 routes with one way fares from £24.99 including taxes and charges

12 routes with one way fares from £24.99 including taxes and charges Exeter Airport has 12 Flybe routes between 25 October 2015 and 26 March 2016 available for booking. One way fares from £24.99 including taxes and charges can be booked at flybe.com. Highlights include the convenient re-scheduling of the return evening flight from London []

Passenger numbers back to 2009 levels

Continued Exeter Airport passenger growth

Continued Exeter Airport passenger growth With the summer holiday season now well underway Exeter Airport is seeing passenger numbers back to pre-recession levels. The latest monthly figures for the airport show continued passenger growth with rolling twelve month passenger numbers above 800,000 for the first time since 2009. Exeter Airport managing director Matt Roach said: []

Flybe & Emirates offer One Stop to the World

New Exeter worldwide connections via Manchester

New Exeter worldwide connections via Manchester Flybe has announced a new agreement with Emirates which will allow passengers departing from Exeter to use the ‘One Stop to the World’ codeshare for worldwide connectivity via Manchester. The airlines are targeting a July launch for the new codeshare when travellers will be able to enjoy convenient connecting []

Secretary of State for Transport visited

Patrick McLoughlin said regional airports are important drivers of growth

Exeter Airport showcases investment and growth during visit Secretary of State for Transport Patrick McLoughlin visited Exeter Airport today (22nd April) to find out how recent investment in essential infrastructure is helping to boost growth. The airport has benefitted from a £2.5 million investment since it was acquired almost two years ago by Rigby Group, []

Busy Airport at Easter

Over fifteen percent busier than Easter last year

Over 15% busier than Easter last year Easter was the busiest period of the year so far for Exeter Airport with over sixteen and a half thousand inbound and outbound passengers using the airport over the holiday period; a figure which was helped by the re-introduction of the Flybe ‘sun routes’ to Alicante, Malaga and []

Easter Airport Getaway

Sun Route flights return for the Bank Holiday

Sun Route flights return for the Bank Holiday Flybe, the Exeter-based airline, has re-introduced a series of ‘sun route’ flights to Alicante, Malaga and Faro to coincide with the first Bank Holiday of 2015. The routes to Spain and Portugal from Exeter have started ahead of the Easter break and operate until late September with []

Flybe & Aer Lingus to the USA

Codeshare and US Customs via Dublin

Codeshare and US Customs via Dublin With the new partnership between Flybe and Aer Lingus, Exeter passengers are accessing a wide range of destinations across North America and Canada via a single stop in Dublin. Flybe’s codeshare agreement with Aer Lingus allows passengers to fly via Ireland on a single ticket to destinations such as []

Night road closures and one way traffic

B3184 approach road closed overnight from 9pm - until 20 February - then 5 -20 March

Approach road closed both ways from 9pm Access to the airport from the A30 on the B3184 is unrestricted during the continuing road widening work. However, traffic leaving the airport will be required to turn left and use the diversion on the B3184 to the A3052 (Sidmouth Road). The South West Highways (SWH) one-way system []

More Airport rush-hour Buses

Stagecoach Service 56 Changes

Stagecoach will be introducing additional morning and evening rush-hour buses to the 56 timetable. The new timetable will benefit Exeter Airport bus services and come into effect from Monday 23 February 2015. Key points:     Monday to Friday morning and evening peak services will increase to up to every half an hour.       The []

RAF C-17 training exercise

A Globemaster on approach training this afternoon

A Globemaster on approach training A series of approaches to Exeter Airport’s runway will be undertaken this afternoon by the RAF. The C-17 Globemaster aircraft which is 53 m long, has a wingspan of 52 m and a payload of 77,000 kg gives the RAF strategic capabilities and it can be used as an airborne []