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 []

Nominated for UK Best Airport Award

Exeter on shortlist of 6 for Globe Travel Awards 2012

Exeter Airport is pleased to have been nominated for the Globe Travel Awards 2012 in the Best UK Airport category.   The industry voting takes place between 17 November and 8 December 2011. The UK’s travel agents will determine the award winners and the votes will checked and independently verified by an external auditor. Exeter []

New Managing Director

Matt Roach takes over from Jamie Christon

The Board of Exeter and Devon Airport Limited has appointed Matthew Roach as its new Managing Director.   Mr Roach will take over from Jamie Christon who leaves the company at the end of September. Matt Roach, who joined the airport in 2007 as Finance Director and subsequently became Company Secretary, commented: “I am delighted []

Airport Achieves ISO Certification

A commitment to deliver excellence in customer service

Following rigorous British Standard (BSi) assessments against Environmental Management (ISO 14001), Quality Management (ISO9001) and Occupational Health and Safety Management (OHSAS 18001) certification has been achieved by Exeter Airport and it now operates a recognised fully functional Integrated Management System. Commenting on the certification, Stephen Wiltshire, the airport’s Operations Director said: “Our members of staff []

Helicopter relocation plans

Police and air ambulance move to airport

Exeter Airport is working with Devon and Cornwall Police Air Support Unit and Devon Air Ambulance Trust on plans to relocate their facility, which is currently based at Police Headquarters Middlemoor, to the airport site. The relocation of the police helicopter, which serves the force and the Devon based charitable ambulance operation, is expected to []

August Bank Holiday Peak

A demanding period in the holiday calendar

There will be a summer air travel peak from Exeter Airport during the August bank holiday weekend and the month’s outbound and inbound passenger total will be over 80,000. The most popular routes include the established favourites such as Majorca and Ibiza with some of the newer destinations of Antalya in Turkey and Tunisia also []

Airport Statue Presentation

East Devon sculptor's scale model of an airman

The arrival at Exeter Airport of a Hurricane and Spitfire along with a Lancaster of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF), which was to have been witnessed by supporters of the South West Airfields Heritage Trust, was cancelled due to due to bad weather on Friday (26 August 2011). The Trust is in the []