A new chapter in British aviation began this morning as the ‘new’ Flybe launched ticket sales for almost two dozen routes.
The regional carrier – once Europe’s largest – is now headquartered in Birmingham, with a secondary base at Belfast/City. While the duo are naturally well-served with a slew of routes, there will be serious disappointment including for those in the southwest of England and Wales, with no Flybe services in the pipeline. This is a particularly sore point for Exeter which was the home of the previous incarnation of Flybe and played host to an impressive range of domestic and continental links.
Manchester too has been snubbed with just a single route to Belfast – a dramatic change from 2019 when the northern gateway was Flybe’s number one airport by total passenger movements. There will however be some relief in and around Yorkshire as Leeds Bradford regains its London/Heathrow connection, which was dropped by British Airways in 2020.
Key Aero can reveal the following airports and launch dates for Flybe’s new network:
(airport pairs in alphabetical order)
From April 13:
Belfast City to Birmingham
Belfast City to Glasgow
From April 28:
Amsterdam to Birmingham
Belfast City to Leeds Bradford
Belfast City to London/Heathrow
Leeds Bradford to London/Heathrow
From May 28:
Amsterdam to Belfast City
From May 29:
Amsterdam to London/Heathrow
From June 23:
Belfast City to Edinburgh
From July 7:
Belfast City to East Midlands
Belfast City to Manchester
From July 9:
Brest-Bretagne (BES) to Birmingham
From July 23:
Avignon-Provence (AVN) to Southampton
From July 24:
Southampton to Toulon Hyeres (TLN)
From July 28:
Belfast City to Southampton
Belfast City to Edinburgh
Birmingham to Edinburgh
Birmingham to Glasgow
From August 18:
Aberdeen to Birmingham
From August 25:
Aberdeen to Belfast City
Belfast City to Inverness
Belfast City to Newcastle
Source: Flybe
Stay tuned to Key Aero for further updates on Flybe's next steps
