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David Thomas, who has been with the airport for over forty years, has retired today. Dave ‘Budgie’ Thomas of the airport’s Air Traffic Control remembers the days when three runways were operational, and the first ‘inclusive tour’ holidays with a Spantax DC9 departed in the early 70s. He made his way up the promotion rankings […]

Exeter Airport welcomes the Airports Commission Interim Report by Sir Howard Davies which has been investigating where to build new runways in the London area.  However, this does not appear to be the best possible solution for regional airports as it would appear to focus disproportionately on the South East. Commenting on the findings, Matt […]

Passengers are not permitted to carry Christmas crackers in Hand (cabin) Baggage.  If the crackers are in a sealed box (original packaging, cellophane not broken) they may travel in Hold (checked-in) Baggage. However, party poppers are not permitted in hand or hold baggage. There are no Hand (cabin) Baggage restrictions on Christmas cakes but please […]

Over one hundred travel agents from across the South West recently attended two evening events to promote the opportunities for passengers to use Manchester Airport as a hub for worldwide connections. The events at Exeter Airport and at Plymouth’s Jurys Hotel were sponsored by Manchester Airport and organised by Exeter Airport together with Flybe, the […]

Flybe has announced its summer schedule for 2014 and the airline can now confirm that it is withdrawing 30 routes of which 14 normally operate for summer only. The Exeter withdrawals are as follows: Route: Exeter – Newcastle                           Last Operating Date:  28.03.14 Summer seasonal routes not operating:     Exeter – Barcelona    Exeter – Nice Passengers […]

The Honest Truth Partnership has launched a campaign at Exeter Airport to reduce anti social driving and the number of young people killed or seriously injured on the roads. Representatives from Devon County Council’s Safe and Sustainable Travel Team, Devon and Cornwall Police, Devon and Somerset Fire & Rescue Service, Teignbridge District Council and Exeter […]

Exeter Airport can reflect on a busy summer of 2013 where passenger numbers from May until October exceeded expectations and were over forty thousand up on the same period in 2012.  The overall inbound and outbound passengers for the five months totalled 415,618, an increase of 11%.  Managing Director Matt Roach said: “New flights this […]

Flybe’s 2013-14 winter schedule from Exeter Airport features 16 routes including five popular winter ski and sun options. Flybe, Europe’s largest independent regional airline, starts flying its 2013/14 Winter programme to and from Exeter Airport this Sunday (27th October), offering travellers a choice of up to 192 flights a week on 16 routes, with fares […]

The school holidays are about to trigger the start of the busy summer getaway period for Exeter Airport and up to 25,000 passengers will be travelling through the terminal in the next seven days. The week will see twelve and a half thousand passengers using the airport on variety of routes from the Isles of […]

In Summer 2014 Thomson and First Choice will be increasing capacity at Exeter Airport through the introduction of a brand new route to Heraklion, Crete and the addition of another weekly flight for the existing Mahon, Menorca route. The move to introduce these routes is part of the UK’s largest tour operator’s strategy to ensure […]