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 […]
Bronze Battle of Britain Hurricane Pilot
The final funding promotion in support of the Exeter Airport Heritage Project will take place this Friday (26 August 2011) when a Hurricane and Spitfire of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight along with a Lancaster pay a visit to Exeter. The Project’s aim is to provide a statue to mark the part played by […]
Places may be available on alternative flights from Exeter
Turkey specialist Holidays 4 UK Limited trading as Holidays 4U and Aegean Flights has gone into administration and has ceased trading with immediate effect. Holidays 4U renewed its ATOL licence in March this year and therefore, if in resort, holidaymakers should be able complete their holidays. The CAA will then arrange repatriation for all customers […]
10,000 outbound passengers per week until September
As the school holidays get underway Exeter Airport is stepping up a gear to deal with an anticipated 10,000 outbound passengers per week until September. Seats on Friday’s flights to Menorca, Corfu, Dalaman, Alicante and Paris have all been fully sold and Saturday’s departures to Palma, Ibiza, Gran Canaria and Innsbruck are also booked up. […]
Car Park minimum £1 fee for up to 30 minutes
Drivers picking-up or dropping-off passengers at Exeter Airport after Thursday 21 July 2011 will find new charging bands in the short stay car park. The airport has operated a 10 minute free period in the car park closest to the terminal building from April 2010 with a minimum £2 charge for those staying longer. However, […]
Jamie Christon has lead the airport through a period of change and development
After four years at Exeter Airport, the Managing Director Jamie Christon is leaving the company to further his career within another travel sector outside Devon. Jamie, who will be leaving at the end of September, joined the company as Commercial Director and became Managing Director in January 2009 after one year as deputy MD, has […]
Passengers from Vienna and Salzburg with GTA-SKY-WAYS and the airline NIKI
Exeter Airport will welcome over two thousand Austrian passengers this year with the first of the series of flights starting on Saturday 28 May. In a tourism initiative in conjunction with the tour operator GTA-SKY-WAYS and the airline NIKI, Exeter will be the gateway airport for a total of six inbound flights from Vienna and […]
Gateway for Ontario and other parts of Canada
Canadian Affair started its 2011 programme of Exeter to Toronto flights on today (Wednesday 18 May). This is the 18th successive year of flights from Exeter using the airline Air Transat and the 23rd year the route has been on offer from the airport. The weekly service to Toronto, which will depart every Wednesday until […]
Every Wednesday on wide-bodied Airbus A310
Canadian Affair starts its 2011 programme of Exeter to Toronto flights on Wednesday 18 May. This is the 18th successive year of flights from Exeter using the airline Air Transat and the 23rd year the route has been on offer from the airport. The weekly service to Toronto, which will depart every Wednesday until the […]
New Dusseldorf starts this weekend
This Easter Saturday, Exeter Airport will welcome the first ever direct flight on a scheduled route from Germany when Flybe’s Dusseldorf route commences. Airport staff will check-in dozens of outbound travellers for the inaugural flight to Dusseldorf before turning their attention to the first arriving aircraft with fifty German visitors. Many of the inbound passengers […]
