Flybe launches hop-on, hop-off flights
Flybe will launch a new service between Aberdeen and Jersey in October, but flights will stop off en route in Leeds and Southampton in both directions.
The airline said the new service, being named FlyShuttle, will serve the expanding cruise market as it reinstates Flybe’s links between Leeds and Southampton and opens a new link between Aberdeen and the cruise port.
Flybe will operate up to three flights a day between Aberdeen and Jersey from October 26. Passengers will be able to hop-on or hop-off at Southampton or Leeds. For those who stay on, the total journey time is just over four hours.
Flybe previously operated non-stop flights between Aberdeen and Jersey, but a spokesman said the new ‘hop-on, hop-off shuttle’ would make the route more viable.
"Rather than offering lots of different routes with low load factors, we are offering one hop-on, hop-off service, similar to the way domestic airlines operate in the US," said the spokesman.
Paul Simmons, Flybe’s chief commercial officer said: "FlyShuttle is a convenient and affordable concept for the regional marketplace that gives customers extra choice and additional connectivity for everyday air travel.
"Today’s announcement is another significant landmark in the re-birth of Flybe. Designed to be used as a ‘shuttle bus service in the sky’ all the way between Jersey in the south and Aberdeen in the north, we are again showing that we are ‘the fastest way from A to Flybe’, faster than road or rail – and certainly more affordable.
"By enhancing the number of routes, connections and frequencies we already operate,FlyShuttle is the perfect progression. It’s a product that sets us apart and we are genuinely excited to be shaping the future of regional air travel."
The service will be operated by a 78-seat turboprop aircraft.
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