Flybe increase Birmingham flights to plug bmibaby gap
15.03.10
Flybe is to extend its connections between Birmingham and Edinburgh airports following the apparent withdrawal on the service on March 27 by bmibaby. Flybe will offer 20% extra flights on the route than last year with up to 9 daily flights.
Flybe says that if the withdrawal of bmibaby’s flights on this route becomes permanent - and is not merely a short-term cost-cutting move - then the rise in its own operation will mirror the January introduction by Flybe of extra services between Birmingham and Glasgow after bmibaby axed that route too.
Mike Rutter, Flybe’s chief commercial officer, said: ‘We make no apologies for being champions of the British regions and that’s why Flybe has stepped in so fast to make sure that passengers wanting to travel between Birmingham and Edinburgh are not left high and dry. We understand that both Birmingham and Edinburgh are crucial cities that will play a important role as real engines of recovery for UK plc and Flybe aims to do everything possible to assist them in whatever way we can.’
Flybe currently operates up to one hundred flights a week between Birmingham and Edinburgh utilizing a mixture of Bombardier Q400s and Embraer 195s.
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