Loganair are to increase Edinburgh to 12 weekly (2x Mon-Fri) from next summer.

Bit of a mixed bag going on at Exeter for next summer

Ryanair

There routes to Alicante and Malaga are continuing both 2 x week same as this summer , no news of any new routes yet ( they launched with high hopes to Malta and Naples pre Covid )

TUI

Looks like they have pulled both the Ibiza and Tenerife routes as both now off sale for summer 23
Looks to be a gap though on Wednesday to fill with the TUI based aircraft , possibly the Palma flight could be a fit rather than use Alba Star again ( very poor timekeeping this summer)
Tenerife also pulled for the second time , was using Aer Europa

Extra flights next summer to Antalya 2 x week new for 23 , probably using Freebird A320

EXETER
 

Ryanair has announced a new Exeter flight to Faro for summer 2023.

Twice weekly from June as part of the summer 2023 schedule.

Already an Exeter thread on here

Yes there is.....but that thread doesn't have any upper case characters in its title.

Searched for it

Looking at having a trip on the IOS Skybus but fares out of EXT are north pf £500 return, some way even more expensive than the similar Twin Otter operations of Loganair. Am I being thick or is that the going rate? Any good ideas on savings or workarounds? Love to do it but cannot justify a trip based on that price point.

Yes EXT flights to St Marys are a fortune - but it's an hour almost in a Twotter - We drove to NQY which is quite fast down the A30 then branch off and we paid £500 return for 2 pax and 2 little chihuahuas.

Take the train down to Penzance rail station, and fly from either Land's End or Penzance Heliport - it'll save a fortune. Personally I thought Land's End airport was more fun than Penzance heliport but YMMV. You may wish to take the 6 pm train from Paddington to Penzance - it'll get you to Penzance about midnight, but if you book a B&B, you'll get a proper night's sleep, and be able to enjoy the ride to/from Scilly.
Tresco gardens are beautiful, but I think September might be a little too late in the season - late June or early July is probably better. You might be better off flying to/from St Mary's instead if you're thinking of going in 2023. Even if you do go just to St Mary's, you may wish to think about deferring your Scilly trip to June/July 2024 - see the average climate data below.
You *really* need a good sunny day to appreciate the ride - be prepared to study some weather forecasts, and ensure the train tickets to/from London and the flight to/from Scilly are changeable without fees until just a couple of days beforehand. Depending on preference, you may want to ensure you are flying when it's low tide to get a better view of the beaches. Popular times for flying book up in advance. AFAIK, Scilly is not CAT III - and the Atlantic is rather larger than the islands with corresponding influence.
Have a look at Penzance Helicopters in addition to IOS Skybus - they're not cheap but you may find they work better for you.
Before visiting Scilly, everyone thinks "islands are small, don't need long there" - but if it's a nice sunny day, everyone wishes they had allowed longer on Scilly when it's time to leave - the islands are truly beautiful. That said, Scilly (and especially Tresco) is not a cheap place to visit - and accommodation is expensive. If you're going for a day trip, consider the first flight of the morning... and the last flight of the afternoon while allowing a bit of margin time in case of delays to get the train back to London

You might find more info at
https://www.pprune.org/airlines-airp...les-route.html
https://www.pprune.org/airlines-airp...route-2-a.html
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/researc...ages/gbgebz4kn
https://weatherspark.com/y/147696/Av...dom-Year-Round

Or take the Sleeper from Paddington around 23:00, also picks up at Reading (The Night Rivera) and wake up in Cornwall -
Skybus lay on a coach at PNZ to connect with the first flights from Lands End.
The Sleeper is great, and Berths are very comfy.
Railcards will give you a discount too.

The EXT-ISC flights are very handy, and give you a nice long jaunt in a Twotter (they sometimes call in at NQY, so you get 2 bumps and jumps) but you have to pay the £££ for it.
No dogs on the EXT flights BTW.

the sleeper is OK but a goods night sleep is not guaranteed I'm afraid

Did the Night Riviera a couple of months ago and I slept very well - waking up to crossing the Tamar Bridge was super, then rolling in to PNZ at Marazion and a nce view of St Michael's Mount (worth a visit)

Also I did the Simplon Orient Express last weekend to Venice, and I slept like a log -
Woke up just before 7am, opened my blind to spectacular views of Lakes and Mountains, near Interlaken.
Fabulous French breakfast, avec Les Oeufs served in my Compartment at 8am.
My Sleep was possibly assisted by 2 large pre-dinner G&T's in the Piano Bar Lounge Car, then Cristal Champagne with Canapes, and then a rather nice bottle of cold Chablis with a most amazing 5 course Dinner with Tsar Imperial Beluga Caviar to start.

Just to rub it in LOL

I slept well on the 'Ghan, not very well on French Railways, but yes a beer or two certainly helps

I actually looked at going to Scilly this year, but with the demise of flybe on the Newcastle-Exeter route, and a 50% increase, since my previous trip there in 2018, in the price of a flight & ferry combo I just couldn't justify the expense. For a bit of fun, I looked at a Newcastle-Toronto return via LHR on the dates I was looking at for Scilly, and once I'd included the necessity of at least one night in Penzance, there was only a few quid difference in price.
A shame; as davidjohnson has said, Scilly is a very special place, but unfortunately due to the pricing of travel there it literally is a 'one-off' holiday in the nature of what a trip to Canada was for me in 2003. Having said that, it is still worth going there for that 'one-off' trip. It sticks in the throat, though, to pay over £150 for a return trip of the same distance as Loganair in Orkney do for £30-odd.

TUI seem to have taken the axe to there summer 24 schedule

Gone completely is Antalya which was 2 services a week and Dalaman is now down to 2 flights a week was showing 3

Rhodes & Heraklion back to just 1 service a week was showing an extra flight to each destination

No flights at all to TFS , LPA or ACE in the summer

Ryanair meanwhile have increased the ALC service to 3 x week and AGP stays at 2 x week
FAO not loaded yet

Do you think this is partly due to BOH increasing to a 2x A/C base for next summer?...After all the airports catchments must overlap quite a bit, also both being owned by the RCA group.

Exeter is about an hour drive to Bristol Airport the real competition/option for Devonians.

Exeter like Bristol is generally 2 hours drive away from BOH, its easier and quicker to get to LHR from BOH. Bigger things in play at TUI perhaps.

Isles of Scilly skybus airlines are offering up to 15% off Exeter - ISC flights for next summer if you book before the end of November

15% off codes

Thanks very much for tipping me off on that, rog. Already got a trip to Orkney planned for next year but I'll have a look. I know the EXT-ISc flights are a lot more expensive than doing it from Panzance, but going from EXT might eliminate the need for a night on the mainland...
Thanks again.