Flybe signs deal for new UK base

Sunday, 02 Nov, 2015 0

Flybe is due to announce new routes from Doncaster Sheffield airport when it releases its 2016 summer programme next week.

The airline has signed a deal to base two 118-seater aircraft there from the end of March 2016 to serve a mixture of business and leisure destinations in Europe.

Saad Hammad, CEO, Flybe said: "Sheffield is the UK’s fourth largest city and is a market that is currently underserved to key destinations."

Steve Gill, managing director of Doncaster Sheffield Airport, added: "These two new aircraft will make available half a million new flight seats and is expected to grow our passenger traffic by around 30%."



 

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