-Including two brand new routes to Hamburg and Oslo with choice of up to 14 flights a week and year-round extension of six new summer routes-


Flybe, Europe's largest regional airline, will operate two new routes from Birmingham Airport this winter namely a daily service to Hamburg and Oslo from 26th October through to 27th March 2015. Seats are on sale from today at www.flybe.com<http://www.flybe.com/> with one way fares from £39.99 including taxes and charges.

Already Birmingham Airport's largest carrier, the airline has also announced (20th May 2014) that, due to early successes, it will extend to year-round on six of the new routes it is operating this summer. Flybe will continue to operate up to 28 weekly flights to Cologne, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Florence and Oporto with frequency aimed to provide convenience for business travelers and those passengers wanting a short break on the continent. Due to the popularity of its summer twilight flights to Reykjavik, it's also moving this three times a week service to daytime flying, also with effect from 26th October.

The move is estimated to result in Flybe carrying an additional 100,000 passengers a year at Birmingham Airport. Altogether, it's another exciting week for Flybe in Birmingham as its last four remaining inaugural flights for summer take off to Newquay, Bordeaux, Palma and Toulouse.

Fred Kochak, Flybe's UK Routes Director, said: “We said we would be investing in a major way at Birmingham and it is now our largest ever base. Today's announcement gives additional weight to that commitment and I'm delighted that, as a result of the Flybe route assessment model, we have been able to add even more destinations as well as choice for our Midlands' business and leisure passengers.”

William Pearson, Birmingham Airport's Aviation Development Director, added: “Flybe's Birmingham route network is going from strength to strength after announcing nine new routes already this year and becoming our largest carrier.

“Oslo is another new destination for us and we're very pleased that Flybe is recognising the need to serve these markets and satisfy demand to give business and leisure travellers the destinations that they want from Birmingham Airport.”

Fred Kochak added: “Flybe already connects more than 1.5 million passengers a year from Birmingham both domestically and throughout Europe. Today's news further demonstrates our commitment to providing direct air-links from the regions of the UK, which means passengers do not have to face long road or rail journeys to south east hub airports.”

In total, Flybe will operate up to 350 flights a week from Birmingham on 26 routes as part of its 2014-15 winter schedule.

-ENDS-


For further press information, or to arrange an interview, please contact the Flybe press office: T: 0845 675 0681

E: pressoffice@flybe.com


QUICK FLYBE FACTS – WINTER 2014-15 Birmingham Airport


- Hamburg, Oslo, Reykjavik, Florence, Oporto will be operated by 88-seater Embraer175 aircraft

- Cologne, Toulouse and Bordeaux will be operated by 78-seat Bombardier Q400


New Routes

Birmingham (BHX) to Hamburg (HAM)
- Daily except Sat
- Dep BHX 1650 Arr HAM 1925 Dep HAM 1855 Arr BHX 1955

Sat from Nov 2
- Dep BHX 0730 Arr HAM 1005 Dep HAM 1855 Arr BHX 1035


Oslo (OSL)
- Daily
- Dep BHX 1120 Arr OSL 1425 Dep OSL 1455 Arr BHX 1605


Summer 2014 routes extended to year-round: Full schedule details at www.flybe.com<http://www.flybe.com/>

- Reykjavik 3 x per week
- Florence 5 x week
- Oporto 3 x week
- Cologne Daily
- Toulouse 6 x week
- Bordeaux 5 x week


EDITORS' NOTES
Flybe, Europe's largest regional airline – 179 routes serving 16 countries from 91 departure points, 36 UK/55 European airports* (all routes on sale May '14 – Jan '15);
operates more UK domestic flights than any other airline (UKCAA Apr '14 - Mar '15) is the largest scheduled airline by air traffic movements at Belfast City, Birmingham, Exeter, the Isle of Man, Inverness, Manchester and Southampton airports (UK CAA Mar '14); operates 65 aircraft – 40 Bombardier Q400, 14 Embraer 195 & 11 E175; codeshares with BA, Air France, Etihad, KLM; 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/13 airports exclusively served by Flybe's franchise partner, Loganair: and six routes and five airports exclusively operated by franchise partner, Stobart Air)

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