New operator to Turkey for summer 2011

Holidays4U add to the options in resorts near Dalaman

Plans are already being made for Exeter Airport’s summer 2011 services; a season when the specialist Turkish holiday company Holidays4U will be adding to the options in resorts near Dalaman.   Exeter Airport will again serve three Turkish airports in the summer with Dalaman being the most popular; and now Holidays4U with their Onur Air []

Flybe’s new codeshare agreement with Air France

More choice, more flights, more routes, increased frequency

Flybe’s new codeshare agreement with Air France is now giving customers an exciting package of more choice, more flights, more routes, increased frequency and enhanced services to and from France. All Flybe Exeter/Paris services will now operate out of Terminal 2E at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport, providing customers with seamless and easy access to []

British Air Transport Association excellence shortlist

Exeter nominated for BATA award at AOA conference

Exeter International Airport has was shortlisted for an excellence award in the British Air Transport Association (BATA) category for airport’s handling less than six million passengers. The annual awards were the centrepiece of the Airport Operators Association (AOA) Conference Dinner in London on 25 October and they were attended by Exeter Airport’s managing director Jamie []

Macmillan Cancer Info-Point Arrives

Leaflets cover subjects from support to travel insurance

Cancer information will be available to passengers and staff at Exeter International Airport for the next three months as part of the year-long partnership between the airport and Macmillan Cancer Support. A Macmillan ‘Info-point’ will be situated in the departures area of the airport and will contain leaflets about a range of cancers and about []

Flyday for Hospice Children

Light aircraft take to the skies to give children a day they will never forget

The second annual Goodridge Children’s Hospice South West Flyday will take place on Sunday 10 October, and will see a fleet of light aircraft and volunteer pilots take to the skies to give children with life-limiting illnesses a day they will never forget. Exeter company Goodridge is teaming up with Children’s Hospice South West to []

Airport Launches Help for Heroes Charity of the Year

The return of troops from Afghanistan marks launch for 2011 charity

The return of over one hundred 40 Commando personnel from Afghanistan has marked the launch of Exeter Airport’s charity of the year for 2011; Help for Heroes. An Airbus A340-300, one of the largest aircraft to use the airport in its 70 year history, touched down at 2pm on 6 October bringing home the first []

Woodland Trust Airport Donation

£4,000 from this summer‰'s official online car park bookings

A local woodland charity is benefiting from car park bookings at Exeter Airport and is now able to better support a wide variety of Devon’s wildlife at risk. The Offwell Woodland and Wildlife Trust near Honiton have been given nearly £4,000 following the commitment from the airport to donate £1 for each of this summer’s []

Rosamund Pilcher fans visit the South West

Austrian tourists see the parts of Devon and Cornwall as featured on TV

A specially chartered Austrian Airlines aircraft touched down at Exeter Airport just after 1pm today (22/09/10) with 183 passengers from Vienna.  The passengers are spending a week in the South West visiting the sites and landmarks made famous by the books of Rosamund Pilcher. The flight was the first of three, in the second season []

Regional tourism body gets airport support

Need to plug regional tourism gap when RDA funded organisation closes

The Managing Director of Exeter Airport has spoken out supporting the current management team at South West Tourism in its need to plug the regional tourism gap that will be created when the RDA funded organisation closes its doors in six months. In a statement issued by the airport Mr Christon said “There isn’t a []

EXETER AIRPORT WELCOMES NEW HILTON ARRIVAL

Plans unveiled for a major 160-bedroom hotel development.

Plans have been unveiled for a major 160-bedroom hotel development at Exeter International Airport. The new complex will feature a brand new Hampton by Hilton hotel, high-quality dining venue and meeting space facilities and is scheduled to open its doors before the end of next year. The hotel, which will be operated by Sanguine Hospitality []