Loganair, Scotland’s Airline, has reacted to the closure of Flybe by announcing plans to safeguard UK regional connectivity by taking up 16 routes formerly flown by Flybe. The airline will be adding nearly 400 new flights each week and has opened a special recruitment line for former Flybe employees seeking to continuing their aviation careers […]
Alzheimer’s Society benefit from link with airport
Following the twelve month association with Exeter Airport as Charity of the Year, the Alzheimer’s Society have received the total in cash donations of over two thousand pounds. With coin collection points around the airport, including shops and catering outlets, the charity has benefited from the generosity of the travelling public who wanted to help […]
Escape to the sun in 2020
Holidaymakers longing to escape to the sun have a huge choice of destinations on their doorstep with the launch today (January 20) of Exeter Airport’s annual destination guide. Fly Exeter 2020 features 36 destinations in 13 countries, with hundreds more worldwide through major hubs including Manchester, Dublin, Paris and Amsterdam. New for 2020 is the […]
Flights after Brexit
The UK is on track to enter a transition period after Brexit but flights will operate as normal and passengers can continue to travel as they do now until at least the end of December 2020. The heads of the European Commission and Council have signed the Withdrawal Agreement and the UK will leave the […]
Scrap Air Passenger Duty plea from airport CEO
Andrew Bell, Chief Executive of Regional & City Airports (RCA), has called for the government to cut the tax on passenger flights between UK destinations during an interview on BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme. The government is under pressure to cut Air Passenger Duty (APD) on domestic flights – a measure that RCA has long […]
Drone flights banned within restricted zones
It is illegal to fly any drone at any time within restricted zones The flying restriction area uses the airfield’s existing aerodrome traffic zone, which has a radius of two and a half nautical miles and then 5 km (3.1 miles) by 1 km (0.62 miles) zones starting from the point known as the ‘threshold’ […]
Christmas Getaway Underway
Exeter Airport is anticipating that more travellers will be visiting family and friends this Christmas than at any other time of the year. Over the festive period the airport will handle over 20,000 passengers with many departing on Flybe’s domestic flights to Edinburgh and Glasgow, Belfast and Dublin, Manchester, Newcastle and London City and a […]
Added Amsterdam Opportunities
New through-flight to Amsterdam via London City Flybe is operating up to 16 flights a week to Amsterdam from Exeter Airport this winter. This includes the newly added weekday opportunity to fly to the Dutch capital one-way on the early morning London City flight that then continues to Amsterdam Schiphol without through-passengers having to leave […]
Santa and Choir visit the Airport
To help celebrate Christmas at Exeter Airport, the school choir from Decoy Primary School, Newton Abbot, visited and Santa also came with his sack of goodies. In the decorated check-in hall the school choir delivered Christmas music and songs of seasonal cheer for departing passengers, airport staff and their parents to enjoy. The five to […]
Christmas at the Airport
To help celebrate Christmas at Exeter Airport, the school choir from Decoy Primary School, Newton Abbot, will visit. They’ll sing carols and other seasonal songs on Monday 16 December from 10:00. Santa will also attend the event with his sack of goodies in the decorated check-in hall, and there will be mince pies too. The […]