Budget airline Flybe is set to operate nearly 100 new flights a week from Birmingham Airport this year following the birth of the carrier.
The company, now headquartered at Solihull Airport, says its summer program will have 93 domestic and European services from Birmingham at its peak.
The newly announced destinations are Aberdeen, Amsterdam, Avignon, Belfast City, Brest, Edinburgh and Glasgow with the routes starting in different stadiums between April and August. Further services are also to be announced in the coming months.
The carrier will base three Q400 aircraft at Birmingham Airport and it is hoped that this will increase to five from August.
Flybe was born out of the former airline of the same name, which went into administration two years ago, shortly before Covid Lockdowns sent shock waves through the global travel industry.
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The brand, intellectual property, shares and equipment were acquired later in 2020 by global private equity house Cyrus Capital, which was a shareholder in the former company.
It announced in November that it would open a new headquarters at Birmingham Airport, relocate its predecessor to its former home in Exeter, and now plans to add a secondary base at Belfast City Airport.
And earlier this month, a new top team of aviation industry veterans was unveiled, joined by chief executive and airlines turnaround specialist David Pflieger, who was appointed to the company last April.
He said: “We are now pleased to be on sale and to start services next month. We believe our new flights will benefit anyone who wants low fares and more flights to go on holiday and visit loved ones.
“Our new network will also guarantee better regional connectivity within the UK and between different UK and EU regions.”
Birmingham Airport Chief Executive Nick Barton added: “We welcome Flybe’s route announcement of seven routes from Birmingham Airport by 2022.
“The airline will operate four domestic routes and restore connections to Avignon and Brest. These popular French routes will be a welcome addition to our leisure and business trips and are not currently served by Birmingham.
“We have worked closely with the airline to offer our customers these popular routes, and currently not serviced routes, and are pleased to welcome Flybe back as a partner airline here in Birmingham.”
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