Summer officially arrived this Easter weekend as Flybe, Europe's largest regional airline, takes to the skies with the start of its 2013 summer schedule that, from Exeter International Airport, offers a choice of up to 218 flights a week on 19 key routes. These include a brand new twice weekly service to Barcelona and the return of the airline's twice weekly service to Nice. In addition Flybe has increased the number of flights to popular summer holiday destinations and this summer also sees the airline marking the tenth anniversary of its popular Dublin route.
Highlights of Flybe's Summer 2013 Schedule from
Exeter International Airport
Effective for travel March 31st – October 27th, 2013
* 19 routes offering total choice of up to 218 flights a week
* Brand new twice weekly service to Barcelona and return of twice weekly service to Nice
* Return of seasonal routes to Faro (up to 3 a week), Bergerac, Rennes and Dusseldorf
* Additional Saturday flight to Manchester offering multiple onward connections both regionally and with codeshare and interline partners when booked through travel agent
* Increase of flights to Palma Mallorca to 3 a week with start of new Saturday service
* Increased frequency to Alicante (up to 5 flights p/w), Faro (up to 3 flights p/w), Malaga (up to 5 flights p/w) and Palma Mallorca (up to 3 flights p/w with start of new Saturday service)
Tickets on sale at www.flybe.com
from £38.99 one way including taxes
Andrew Strong, Managing Director Flybe UK comments: "Our summer programme provides South West travellers the perfect travel solutions with an extensive range of affordable travel possibilities including frequent flights to top summer sun destinations. Additional frequency on our Exeter to Manchester service offers local travellers the opportunity to fly onwards to a greater number of regional and international locations than ever before.
"This, combined with the many added value products we offer such as mobile check in and the dropping of debit card charges for online bookings, gives travellers added incentive to plan their summer travels with Flybe whilst also taking advantage of the lowest possible fares."