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Travel

Flybe launches Spring Sale with up-to 20% off

UK airline Flybe has launched its Spring sale with up to 20% off half a million seats selected seats and routes* on its network. Flybe has bases at Cardiff, Southampton, Aberdeen, Belfast City, Doncaster, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow and Southend and operates flights to 85 destinations across the UK [read more]

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Cardiff Airport News

Flybe helps cataract patients keep their appointment

Low-fares airline Flybe helped a group of Irish cataract patients keep their appointment for surgery in Wales on Sunday after the flight was initially cancelled. The group were travelling to a hospital in Newport for vital cataract operations but their flight from Ireland to Cardiff was cancelled due to fog at [read more]

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Flybe shares plunge as Stobart Group abandons deal

Shares in regional airline Flybe plunged 25% on Thursday following the news that Stobart Group had abandoned its plans for a takeover. In a statement to the London Stock Exchange, Stobart Group said: “The board of Stobart Group has determined that it is not in its shareholders’ best interests to increase [read more]

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Flybe releases winter schedule at Cardiff Airport

Regional airline Flybe (BE/BEE) has released it’s winter 2018/2019 schedule from Cardiff Airport which features an increase in flights to Geneva. Flights from Cardiff Airport to Geneva have been doubled and now operate on Tuesdays and Saturdays, the increase takes advantage of the 3rd based aircraft that Flybe is adding [read more]

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Aviation safety news

Flybe flight carries out emergency landing at Manchester

A Flybe (BE/BEE) flight from Edinburgh to London City has carried out an emergency landing at Manchester Airport this morning. Flight BEE1333 left Edinburgh Airport at 7:32am before declaring an emergency and rapidly descending down to 5000ft.  The aircraft, a Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 G-PRPL, is understood to have suffered [read more]

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Stobart Group eyes Flybe takeover

Stobart Group has filed a statement with the London Stock Exchange (LSE) showing it has struggling low-fares airline Flybe on its radar for a takeover. The statement, which was filed yesterday (22nd February) says that Stobart Group has been “reviewing alternative structures for our airline and leasing business that can play [read more]

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Cardiff Airport News

Cardiff Airport half-term getaway boosts figures

Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) is expecting 22,000 passengers through its terminals this week during the half-term break in Wales. The airport says its data shows that more and more passengers are using the airport as a starting point for long-haul destinations including China, Singapore, USA, Middle East and Africa with KLM via [read more]

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Cardiff Airport News

Blue Islands confirms return for summer 2018

Blue Islands (SI/BCI) has confirmed it will return to Cardiff Airport in summer 2018. The Saint Peter Port headquartered airline will once again operate a twice-weekly service between Guernsey (GCI/EGJB) and Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) under a Flybe franchise. The flights, which are bookable through the Flybe.com website are scheduled to begin on [read more]

Destinations

Want a German Market? Hop off to Berlin

Forget a few huts in the street, if you want a real German market then why not head off to Berlin with Flybe from Cardiff Airport. Each year the German capital hosts one of Germany’s biggest markets and this years opens today. Running from the 23rd November through to 31st [read more]