Holidays & Travel

The school holidays are about to trigger the start of the busy summer getaway period for Exeter Airport and up to 25,000 passengers will be travelling through the terminal in the next seven days.

The week will see 12,500 passengers using the airport on variety of routes from the Isles of Scilly to as far away as Sharm el Sheikh.

South West flights from Exeter to St. Marys have increased to five a day and over the summer 11,000 passengers will use the service.

The holiday operator Thomson, which has a based Boeing 737-800 aircraft at Exeter, has a busy schedule which...

How would you like to drive a car such as a Fiat 500, pay no tax, no fuel, and never have to pay out for an MOT?

If the above sounds of interest to you then Co-Cars, the pay as you go car service, may be for you. The scheme, which has been praised by Devon County Council, offers its members the opportunity to hire a vehicle for however long they require, with the hire being the only cost.

All of Co-Cars' vehicles are clean and have full insurance, tax and MOT. Any fuel that needs to be purchased during the hire can be purchased using a fuel card.

The vehicles can...

Devon County Council is funding improved services for a cross-city bus route which links Exminster to Exeter.

Bus Service B, operated under contract to the County Council by Stagecoach, was extended earlier this year to provide a six days a week, all day connection between Exminster, Matford Business Park, Marsh Barton, the city centre, Pinhoe and Exeter Business Park.

In response to public demand, the service now runs seven days a week as the County Council has introduced Sunday and Bank Holiday services on the B route between Exminster, Exeter City Centre and the Met...

Thomson and First Choice have announced that in Summer 2014 they will be increasing capacity at Exeter Airport through the introduction of a brand new route to Heraklion, Crete and adding another weekly flight for the existing Mahon, Menorca route. The UK’s largest tour operator says it has introduced these routes as part of strategy to ensure customers across the UK can fly from their local airport and stay at the best hotels in some of the most exciting destinations. Not only will customers from Exeter be able to fly to some exciting destinations, but they will also have the opportunity...