Those travelling to France between now and Monday 30 June may be left disappointed, with Flybe cancelling some flights due to strikes taking place in the country.
Flybe reported, via their website, that French Unions have called for an official six-day strike scheduled to take place in France between 0400 (French local time) on June 24 and 0400 (French local time) on June 30, 2014.
Flybe have been requested, by the French aviation authorities, to reduce their flying programme. This means a number of flight cancellations to the country are to be expected.
Flybe has returned to profits after a major shake up of the Exeter-based business.
The airline reported pre-tax profits of £8.1m in the year to the end of March, up from a £41.1m pre-tax loss in the previous year. Total revunue rose 11pc to £868.4m.
Saad Hammad, the chief executive officer, who was brought in to turn the business around after a number of profit warnings said: "2013/14 marks the rebirth of Flybe ... The return to profitability is a great step forwards.
"We have made a good start to FY15, in line with our expectations... We are moving to build on our...
English former football player and manager, Kevin Keegan OBE took time out from a ‘Southern Sporting Club’ lunch presentation held at Sandy Park to sign an official Exeter City football shirt. The footballing legend aged 63 was the keynote speaker at the sporting lunch hosted by David Duckham MBE, the former Coventry and England rugby player.
The Yorkshire-born striker played for several clubs including Liverpool and Hamburger SV as well as being an England favourite. A football superstar of the Seventies, Keegan was as famous for his 'bubble' perm as much as his skills on the...
Flybe have confirmed that they are to cease operations on four major ‘sun routes’ flying from Exeter Airport, from October. The move will see four regular Flybe routes, from Exeter Airport to Spain and Portugal, closed as the airline changes focus to regional flights. The Exeter routes due to close currently fly to Alicante, Malaga and Palma Mallorca in Spain as well as Faro in Portugal. The routes, known as flybe’s ‘sun routes’, will cease operation despite their proven popularity particularly to Alicante and Malaga which saw their route operation extended last October due to high...
Direct flights between London and Exeter are set to begin this October as part of a major expansion deal by locally-based airline Flybe. Three city-to-city flights will run from Exeter to London City Airport as part of a five year agreement with the capital airport. The expansion to the airlines’ Exeter flights will also see daily flights service Edinburgh and Dublin, two services to and from Inverness and three daily flights to and from Belfast. Saad Hammad, Flybe’s chief executive officer, said: “Today’s announcement is a significant landmark in the re-birth of Flybe. “We are delighted...
Flybe is looking to raise up to £150 million though a share issue to invest in the group in a move announced today. The offer for 141,501,920 new ordinary shares, costing 110p per share is hoped to raise money for a new investment to improve the company’s customer services and infrastructure. The offer price is a discount on the closing mid-market share price on February 19 which stood at of 118.5p.per ordinary share. Flybe said that, funding raised by the share issue would be spent to improve the airline’s flexibility, strengthen its balance sheet and improve its product range and brand...
Exeter airline Flybe will cut around 50 fewer jobs than initially expected as their business turnaround shows early signs of success.
The airline had initially proposed cutting 500 jobs as part of its turnaround plan revealed last November, but now says current cuts will be closer to 450.
Much of these savings have been made by cutting several unprofitable routes to remove the operating costs of the routes such as fuel and staff wages.
However this has incurred one off grounding costs of £14 million this year with a further one off costs of £26 milllion next year....
A Flybe plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Paris on Saturday due to “minor technical” difficulties.
The service from the Exeter-based airline was returning skiers from Geneva to Cardiff when the flight was forced to land at Paris Orly international at around 4pm (January 4).
On landing fire crews treated the plane’s left engine with hoses and passengers were unloaded from the plane.
All 68 passengers were unhurt and taken on a later flight from Paris to Cardiff
Passenger Luke Broadley, who was returning from a Skiing holiday praised the Flybe...
A flight by Exeter based Airline, Flybe had a “near-miss” while landing earlier this year according to a report by the Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB).
The Flybe plane was carrying more than 60 passengers when it came within 894ft (272.4m) of an obstacle thought to be the Runcorn Bridge while landing at John Lennon Airport in Liverpool.
The co-pilot had disengaged the aircraft’s auto-pilot and was tracking the bridge visually when the near-miss took place.
The report stated that the co-pilot had “allowed the aircraft’s rate of descent to increase” and the...
Over one hundred travel agents from across the South West recently attended two evening events to promote the opportunities for passengers to use Manchester Airport as a hub for worldwide connections. The events at Exeter Airport and at Plymouth’s Jurys Hotel were sponsored by Manchester Airport and organised by Exeter Airport together with Flybe, the airline with frequent daily flights to the North West hub airport. Representatives from Etihad, Virgin Atlantic, Jetset, If Only, Emirates and United Airlines were at both evenings and were able to explain directly to the travel agents why...
