Flybe Group PLC Flybe to use two Embraer 195 in new Cardiff base (5846G)
05 March 2015 - 6:00PM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 5846G
Flybe Group PLC
05 March 2015
05 March 2015
Flybe Group plc ('Flybe')
FLYBE TO USE TWO EMBRAER 195 JETS IN NEW CARDIFF BASE
Flybe, Europe's largest regional airline, today announces it is
to open a new base at Cardiff Airport. The airline will serve 11
destinations in the UK and Europe this summer and base two of its
existing Embraer E195 aircraft at the Airport. One of these
118-seat aircraft will arrive at Cardiff in June and the second in
September 2015.
This announcement will result in the creation of 50 jobs,
including flight crew and ground handling staff. Flybe will offer
flights to Belfast, Cork, Dublin, Düsseldorf, Edinburgh, Faro,
Glasgow, Jersey, Munich, Milan Malpensa, and Paris Charles de
Gaulle. Seats will be on sale from Friday 6 March along with the
publication of full schedules.
Saad Hammad, CEO, Flybe said: "We are delighted to launch these
exciting new routes from Cardiff Airport. As part of Project
Blackbird, we have been looking to find a productive home for our
surplus E195 aircraft and we are delighted at this 10 year
agreement with Cardiff Airport which involves us basing two of
these jets there to serve the Welsh market with great value fares
and further improving UK regional connectivity. We continue to seek
solutions for the remaining seven E195 Project Blackbird
aircraft."
Lord Rowe-Beddoe, Chairman, Cardiff Airport, said: "Our
customers want greater choice in routes, more frequent services and
better value flights. This new Flybe base is most welcome news for
our passengers as it will bring new destinations and increased
services from a popular great-value airline, as well as creating
opportunities to encourage more visitors to come to Wales."
First Minister of Wales Carwyn Jonessaid: "Flybe's announcement
that it is opening a new base operating 11 routes from Cardiff
Airport is fantastic news. We've always said that we want the
Airport to be a gateway to Wales, as something that will drive our
economy by bringing tourists and business to the country. We've
already invested in improving the overall customer experience at
Cardiff Airport and the new routes to major European destinations,
as well as the creation of 50 new jobs, demonstrates Flybe's
commitment to the Airport and will help to make it the success we
know it can be."
Cardiff Airport has become an important gateway, both to the
city of Cardiff and the rest of Wales, following significant
investment in recent years. Over one million passengers passed
through the Airport last year. Cardiff is a vibrant city, where
stunning ancient architecture sits harmoniously alongside
contemporary developments. Cardiff is the UK's top ranked city for
quality of life and boasts a serious passion for world-class
culture and sport, creating an atmosphere like no other city.
The latest development builds on Flybe's growing network of
bases, including Aberdeen, Belfast, Birmingham, Bournemouth,
Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Manchester and Southampton, showing the
airline's commitment to improving connectivity across the UK.
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Enquiries
Flybe
Andrew McConnell, Director of Communications
Tel: +44 (0)77 3986 1517
Maitland
Martin Barrow
Tel: +44 (0)20 7379 5151
Notes to editors
There are 8 new routes in addition to the 3 routes Flybe already
operates from Cardiff: Belfast, Jersey and Dusseldorf
About Flybe
Flybe, Europe's largest regional airline - 192 routes serving 12
countries from 82 departure points, 37 UK/45 European airports*
(all routes on sale Feb '15 - Oct '15); operates more UK domestic
flights than any other airline (UK CAA Jan '14 - Dec'14); named top
UK airline for punctuality in report issued by UK consumer watchdog
Which? (Dec 2014); is the largest scheduled airline by air traffic
movements at Belfast City, Birmingham, East Midlands, Exeter,
Inverness, Isle of Man, Jersey, Leeds Bradford, Manchester, Newquay
and Southampton airports (UK CAA Dec '14); operates fleet of 60
aircraft - 45 Bombardier Q400, 4 Embraer 195 & 11 E175;
codeshares with BA, Air France, Etihad, KLM, Finnair, Aer Lingus
and Cathay Pacific; has two franchise partners, Loganair and
Stobart Air and was Amsterdam Schiphol's Airline of the Year 2012
Europe.
* Flown under the Flybe brand (27 routes/11 airports exclusively
served by Flybe's franchise partner, Loganair: and four routes and
three airports exclusively operated by franchise partner, Stobart
Air)
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