Redevelopment for airport Security Search Area

£400,000 project to be ready for London City route...

Work has started on a £400,000 project to expand and redevelop the Security Search Area at Exeter Airport. The new enlarged design for the area, with additional screening equipment, will make the passenger journey through the security process faster and more efficient. Exeter Airport’s operations director Stephen Wiltshire said: “The completion of the work will []

Rigby Group acquires Capital Air Charter Limited

Airport owner takes over local aviation company...

Rigby Group plc’s aviation division has completed its second UK acquisition of 2014 with the purchase of Exeter based Capital Air Charter Limited. Operating both the Capital Air Charter and Capital Air Ambulance services, the company has a long-standing reputation as an efficient, safe and commercially-capable operator offering executive corporate and private chartered flights, medical []

Exeter ranked among the best UK airports

Recommended Provider status in Which? survey

Exeter ranked among the best airports for customer service in Which? survey Exeter Airport’s focus on customer service has helped it gain a coveted ‘Recommended Provider’ status from leading consumer organisation Which? The airport is among just eight to secure the award from Which? in its annual survey involving 7,000 Which? members rating their satisfaction []

Wider road for airport approach from A30

£1.4 million scheme to increase the width of the B3184

Work to upgrade the access road between the airport and the A30 is due to start on 26 August. The narrow width of the B3184 road causes traffic congestion, particularly for larger vehicles and HGVs but the £1.4 million scheme, which is due be finished by spring 2015, will increase the width of the B3184, []

Exeter on course for another year of growth

New London City service 'jewel' from October

Exeter Airport is on course for another year of growth as it cements its position as the gateway airport to the South West and looks forward to new flights to London City Airport in just 10 weeks’ time. Following last year’s 6% increase – the first in six years – in passenger numbers to 740,000 []

Newcastle Flights return to Exeter

Flybe will resume daily flights to Newcastle from Exeter starting 26 October 2014

Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, has confirmed its commitment to further growth with the announcement today (22nd July 2014) of the return of daily Newcastle flights from Exeter airport. One way fares are on sale now from £29.99 including taxes and charges for travel effective 26th October 2014 to 28th March 2015, Paul Simmons, Flybe’s []

Newcastle flights return to Exeter from October

Flights between Exeter and Newcastle will return from 26 October 2014

FLYBE BOOSTS WINTER SCHEDULE FROM EXETER <Leading regional airline announces return of daily Newcastle service>   Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, has confirmed its commitment to further growth with the announcement today (22nd July 2014) of the return of daily Newcastle flights from Exeter airport. One way fares are on sale now from £29.99 including []

Airport Leads with New Aviation Navigation System

GPS instrument approaches to be introduced at Exeter...

Exeter Airport is at the forefront of an exciting and innovative period for aviation navigation as pilots will soon be able to fly new Localizer Performance with Vertical Guidance (LPV) instrument approaches.  The airport’s LPV approaches will use Global Positioning System satellites (GPS) and suitable flight deck equipment. They will soon be introduced so that []

Royal visit to new training facility

The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall see the Fire Services Academy

The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall today visited the Fire Services Academy, Fire Behaviour School based at Exeter Airport. After being met at their helicopter by airport Managing Director Matt Roach and Corporate Aviation Manager Chris Beer they were given a tour of the new facility and watched a multi-agency training exercise []

Brewer in TV show flight to France

New Alex Polizzi show with local brewer...

Exeter Airport may appear in the new BBC TV where Alex Polizzi assists businesses in a series called ‘The Fixer’. The owner of the Hunter’s Brewery in Ipplepen near Newton Abbot is featured in a programme where he is helped by the presenter and hotelier to market his beers in Paris and takes a Flybe []