Europe’s largest regional airline expands 2016-17 winter schedule takes off from Birmingham.
- Fahima Khatun
- Nov 3, 2016
- 2 min read
Leading regional airlines celebrated largest winter schedule with cake.
Export Ambassador of west Midlands, Peter Mathews CMG, Flybe Regional General Manager, Paul Willoughby and Commercial Director at Birmingham Airport Jo Lloyd
Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, started operating its 2016-17 Winter schedule this past weekend (30th October 2016) that features a total choice of up to 375 flights a week from its Birmingham hub across 23 routes. An additional four routes will operate for the first time this winter - to Knock, Luxembourg, Nantes and Rotterdam.
The flight to Toulouse was celebrated with a special cake featuring the heraldry of both cities and arriving passengers were surprised with a presentation of locally sourced ‘purple’ gifts.
The city of Toulouse is one of France’s most historic cities featuring medieval architecture and unique pink terracotta buildings. It is also the centre of the European aerospace industry and of leading companies within the technology sector.
Vincent Hodder, Flybe Chief Revenue Officer, said: “We have expanded our winter schedule this year from Birmingham not only with new leisure and business routes but also by adding frequency to accommodate the needs of our business customers.”
The new route also provides Birmingham travellers with fast and convenient access to a city that is not just at the centre of world politics and finance but which is an attractive ‘must-see’ destination in its own right with a strong cultural heritage that includes many museums and galleries supporting plenty of reasons to visit.
William Pearson, Aviation Director at Birmingham Airport, said: “It is excellent news that Flybe will be increasing its selection of routes this winter for our passengers. We are sure both of these routes will prove popular with our passengers looking for city breaks and fantastic Christmas markets, ski and snowboard holidays or for business trips.”
For full details of Flybe’s 2016-17 Winter schedule are available at: www.flybe.com
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