Revived regional carrier Flybe has started selling tickets, as it released details of its routes and schedules from its bases at Birmingham and Belfast City airports.
Flights start from April 13, with the airline offering up to 530 flights per week across 23 routes – with more to be announced in the months ahead.
The airline was acquired by Thyme Opco, which was renamed Flybe Limited, after collapsing in March 2020 as the pandemic hit
Domestic one-way fares start at £29.99 and to mark the launch of sales, Flybe will be offering a further £10 off tickets sold today (March 22).
Key UK regional routes include Birmingham-Edinburgh, Belfast City-Birmingham, Belfast City-East Midlands, Belfast City-Leeds Bradford, Belfast City-Heathrow, Belfast City-Glasgow, Belfast City-Manchester, and Leeds Bradford-Heathrow.
Flybe will also offer international flights from Amsterdam to Belfast City, Birmingham, East Midlands and Heathrow, in addition to summer flights from Birmingham to Avignon and Brest, as well as Southampton to Avignon and Toulon.
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Dave Pflieger, Flybe chief executive, said: “Our new network will also ensure better regional connectivity inside the UK and between various UK and EU regions.
“The new Flybe team has worked tirelessly over the past year to create an airline that delivers on price, schedule and choice.”
Flybe plans to eventually run a fleet of 32 Dash 8 turboprops.
• Aviation analytics firm Cirium has released figures which show how Flybe was the largest airline for UK domestic flights in 2019.
In 2019, the year before the Flybe collapse, the airline operated more than 131,000 flights, with services to 70 airports in 13 countries.
Flybe’s busiest airport by arriving flights was Manchester, with jut over 15,016, followed by Birmingham (14,547), Belfast City (13,283) and Southampton (10,812).