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This year will see and end to the long and flawless passenger carrying duties of the Dakota. European legislation has decreed that all passenger-carrying aircraft must comply with certain criteria, whatever their age, and some of these modifications would be prohibitively expensive or impossible to carry out on the DC-3. So with the implementation of the EU-OPS legislation in mid July 2008, […]

The latest five year airport comparison figures published by the Civil Aviation Authority show that Exeter Airport is one of the fastest growing airports in the UK. The data from the CAA, the UK’s specialist aviation regulator, illustrates a growth of over 200% from 2002 to 2007 and that 1,012million arriving and departing passengers used […]

FLYBE, Europe’s largest regional low cost airline, has announced record financial results for the year ended 31 March 2007, with a 17% increase in turnover to £355million and an overall profit before tax of £15.6 million, representing an improvement of £20m over the previous year.  Of particular note was Flybe’s continuing strong growth in ancillary […]

A new contractual agreement between Exeter International Airport and the catering operator SSP for a period of five years will trigger an investment of over £300,000 and roll out a series of new catering projects. The improvements to the airport’s catering facilities will follow the move of the main catering facility to air-side earlier in […]

First Choice, the largest holiday package company at Exeter International Airport has announced that from the summer of 2008 a First Choice Airline aircraft will be based at the airport. The company, which already has an aircraft based at Exeter for the winter season, will fully commit to the airport operation in a move that […]

August passenger figures for ExeterInternationalAirport have again broken records. The airport has recorded the most successful month ever for passengers at 113,598.The latest figures, which have seen an increase of one thousand on last month, are up 3% on same period last year. The Spanish airport of Malaga dealt with over seven thousand Exeter passengers […]

Exeter International Airport’s July passenger figures have been recorded as the highest month ever in the airport’s 70 year history. Last month 112,301 people used the airport, a rise of five and a half percent on the previous year. The announcement of the figures highlights the popularity of the local airport and comes eight months […]

Exeter International Airport based Flybe has been crowned the top low-cost airline by leading customer insight specialist, The Listening Company, in its latest study of the travel industry and UK consumer booking habits. The study asked 8,000 consumers across the UK which carriers, travel agencies and holiday destinations they would actively recommend to others. The […]

  The Spanish Government have introduced new regulations whereby airlines must provide the Spanish authorities with certain personal information about passengers before the aircraft leaves the UK. This information is known as Advance Passenger Information (API) . All the required API information (full name, nationality, date of birth, passport number) is on the traveller’s passport.  […]

To mark the 70th anniversary of the first use of Exeter Airport, The Right Worshipful the Lord Mayor of Exeter, Councillor Norman Shiel, agreed to participate in a 30 minute flight over the city.  The planned flight in a de Havilland Dragon Rapide similar to that used for the ‘opening’ of the airport was cancelled due to poor weather […]