Pegasus Airlines to strengthen UK links with Birmingham route

Pegasus Airlines Airbus A320NEO
Pegasus Airlines Airbus A320NEO
29/11/2023 Airline news, News < 1 minute read
Written by: UK Aviation News

Turkish low-cost-carrier (LCC) Pegasus Airlines is set to strengthen its links to the UK by adding a 3rd destination, Birmingham Airport (BHX/EGBB) to its existing routes to Manchester (MAN/EGCC) and London Stansted (STN/EGSS) from Istanbul.

Operating three times per week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays the route will connect Birmingham to Istanbul’s second airport Sabiha Gökçen International as opposed to IGA Istanbul Airport which is served by Turkish Airlines.

Nick Barton, chief executive of Birmingham Airport, said: “We are very pleased to welcome Pegasus Airlines into the BHX fold. Pegasus is a very impressive low-cost carrier whose commitment to sustainable long-term growth is matched by our own here at BHX.” .

Pegasus will operate the route, which h is due to start on the 21st of December, using either a Boeing 737-800 or Airbus A320 and passengers will be able to connect to Pegasus’ internal network to destinations including Antalya, Bodrum, Dalaman, and Izmir.

Related Articles

A Flybe Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 (Image: TransportMedia UK)
Airline news

Pilots union criticises Flybe 2.0 over confidentiality rules

08/02/2022 Airline news, News, Travel < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

The reborn Flybe, which is due to launch in the coming months, has come under fire from the British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) over apparent confidentiality rules being forced on its pilots. The Telegraph has cited ‘industry sources’ as saying that pilots joining the regional airline are facing “unusually aggressive” [read more]

Fokker 50 VLM Airlines (Pedro Aragão / Wikimedia Commons)
News

VLM ends Birmingham & postpones Manchester flights

07/08/2018 News, Travel < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

VLM Airlines has said it will end the Antwerp to Birmingham (BHX/EGBB) service in the “coming weeks” as it seeks to focus on its charter operations. In a press releases by VLM owner, SHS Aviation, the planned service to Manchester (MAN/EGCC) is also postponed until further notice as the airline cuts [read more]

Pegasus Airlines Airbus A320NEO
Airline news

Pegasus Airlines rolls out AI cabin announcements

01/10/2024 Airline news, News < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Turkish low-cost carrier Pegasus Airlines (FlyPGS) is rolling out AI-enabled cabin announcements across its fleet in a ground-breaking new multilingual project to improve passenger experience. Developed by Pegasus Innovation Lab, established last year in Silicon Valley, the AI system is programmed with the synthesised voices of pilots who work at [read more]

Be the first to comment

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published.


*


This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.