The inaugural Flybe Under 9 Schools Futsal Cup tournament has taken place, with the three regional winners being Stoke Hill in the Exeter section, Drakes from East Budleigh in East Devon and Ilfracombe in North Devon.
The tournament proved so popular that Exeter City’s Football in the Community department is to launch a schools futsal league, for Under 10s and Under 11s.
The first Junior Futsal League will begin with two series of round-robin friendly games on Monday 15 and 22 April in the sports hall at St Peters High School, Quarry Lane, from 6-8pm, with a view to...
Exeter-based low cost airline Flybe has today (6th February) announced to the London Stock Exchange that it has agreed to acquire a new company, Flybe Ireland, from Ryanair for €1 million in the event of a successful bid by Ryanair for rival Aer Lingus.
The new Cranbrook development, the Science Park, Skypark and Intermodal Freight Terminal were all discussed at Exeter Initiative for Science and Technology's (ExIST) quarterly event, held on Wednesday 23rd January at The Flybe Training Academy.
Robert McIlwraith, Chair of ExIST said, "We were delighted with the turn out for this event, despite difficult weather conditions! The presentations were extremely inspiring and gave attendees the opportunity to consider the benefits of education and business partnerships, as well as an update on Exeter's significant development programme...
Flybe has announced it is to cut 300 jobs, with 100 reported to be under threat at the airline's Exeter HQ, in an effort to return the carrier to profitability in 2013-14.
As a result of the cost reduction plan announced today, the Exeter-based airline has commenced the consultation process that may lead to approximately 300 proposed redundancies. This would equate to roughly 10% of its current UK based employees.
It is expected that the majority of the proposed redundancies will, following consultation, come from Flybe’s Exeter HQ, Manchester and Newcastle.
Sitel, a leading customer care outsourcing provider, today announced that Exeter-based Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, has selected Sitel as its customer service partner in the UK. The partnership integrates Flybe’s existing customer service agents into Sitel’s state-of-the-art Exeter facility to provide travellers with world class customer care.
In its search for a customer service partner, Flybe evaluated a number of options and service providers throughout the UK and overseas. Sitel was chosen because the company could minimise the impact of the transition on Flybe’s...
Perfect Getaways, the leading holiday home search engine, has announced (2nd Jan) a new partnership with Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, which will offer self-catering accommodation including villas, cottages, gites, apartments and holiday homes to Flybe customers.
This new partnership between Flybe and Perfect Getaways will give the 8M passengers of Flybe across Europe, access to thousands of holiday homes around the world direct from the owner and their managing agents on the website www.flybe.com .
Final arrangements are being made at Exeter Airport to handle passengers over the Festive period when fifteen thousand people are expected to use the airport.
Several flights are departing on Saturday to airports in the Alps for winter sports enthusiasts and although bookings to Geneva, Chambery and Salzburg have been filling up since the snowfall, there is still some availability with Flybe, Crystal and Inghams for those who want to spend New Year in the snow.
A flight to Alicante, also with Flybe, departs on Saturday and winter sun seekers are also off on Sunday’s fully...
Exeter-based Flybe this morning announced a £1.3 million loss in profits in its interim financial report.
The airline blames high fuel costs for the drop, which it says it couldn't pass on to its customers and is campaigning to reduce tax for domestic flights.
Flybe's Chairman and CEO, Jim French, comments "Our performance for the six months to 30 September 2012 has been in line with the revised expectations set out in our Interim Management Statement of August 2012.
“The continuing challenges of the UK domestic aviation market further validate...
Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, has put on sale its 2013 Summer schedule that spans next year’s school summer holidays, featuring over 120 routes and offering passengers a total choice of up to 2,774 flights a week to an extensive range of attractive destinations across the UK and regional Europe. The programme includes additional frequency on many of the airline’s most popular sun routes as well as new routes to Barcelona.
Tickets are available for booking at www.flybe.com from £29.99 one way including taxes and charges and currently available for travel from March 31st...
