Exeter
 

Tui have anounced new flights from exeter in summer 2019... Zante.. Herakloin crete and antalaya turkey.

And we are having a collection to buy you some capital letters to use next time :rolleyes:

Wait till you here the news. Partnership
 

Will be news latter this week on a partnership.keep watching

TUI Summer 2019
Larnaca 1 weekly Sunday
Paphos 1 weekly Saturday
Corfu 1 weekly Friday
Heraklion 1 weekly Tuesday
Rhodes 1 weekly Wednesday
Zante 1 weekly Monday
Faro 1 weekly Friday
Gran Canaria 1 weekly Monday non based flight Norwegian maybe? Says TBA
Ibiza 1 weekly Wednesday
Lanzarote 2 weekly Sunday and Thursday
Menorca 2 weekly Monday and Friday
Palma de Mallorca 4 weekly Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. The Wednesday flight is non based Eurowings? Albastar? Currently TBA
Tenerife 1 weekly Tuesday non based flight operated by Norwegian Airlines.
Antalya 1 weekly Thursday non based carrier, Freebird? Currently TBA
Dalaman 2 weekly Monday and Thursday both days are a non based carrier, Freebird? Currently TBA
20 weekly departures. 14 with based aircraft and 6 with non based so looks like Exeter will see some new carriers in 2019.

That's an extremely impressive operation by TUI at Exeter with some good destinations on offer with good frequencies as well.

Flybe are basing another DCH 8 400 at Exeter this winter to operate extra services to CDG which becomes 2 x day and AMS which becomes 11 a week and and extra service to MAN again taking the service to 4 daily
Along with the based EMB 195 which continues to operate to ALC , FAO , AGP , CMF and NWI this winter and again will operate a full sun schedule for the whole of next summer with some flights again to Norwich

This takes Exeter to 4 base DCH 8 400 , 1 EMB 195 and a TUI 738 not bad for a regional airport

Whilst I am very happy for EXT, I am perplexed that BOH continues to do without direct service to similar destinations.

Exeter population 110,000
Bournemouth population (with Poole and Christchurch attached) 450,000

Because flybe have a base at SOU - 30 miles away?

Good point - would the likes of Jet2 ever be interested in Exeter?

The total population of Devon was estimated in 2017 to be over 1.1 million. Plenty of potential passengers amongst that lot.

Why on earth is EXT-NWI operated with an E95? I struggle to see potential for a Q400, let alone for an E95 as I would categorize this as a rather thin regional route. What am I missing here?

Both sectors of the NWI flight are on sale. I believe the flights generally operate as an example EXT-ALC-NWI-EXT then EXT-NWI-ALC-EXT. In 2017 27,309 passengers used the route Exeter to Norwich route.

I would love to know more about who these people are flying between EXT and NWI but a quick check on google maps shows a horrendous 5.5hr road journey and a hellish train service if one wants to get from West to East or vice versa...

New Routes
 

Ryanair have just announced the following routes commencing S19, EXTMLA, EXTNAP & EXTAGP.

At last an alternative to Flybe! Flying from Exeter you're punished finacially for that pleasure by Flybe. Hopefully fares will come down in the future.
Great news all round

Only overlap is on the Malaga route. Flybe operate 4 weekly Monday Thursday Saturday and Sunday. Ryanair will operate 2 weekly Wednesday and Sunday. Only clash is on Sundays with Ryanair operating in the morning and Flybe in the afternoon and night. Ryanair will end up complimenting Flybe on an underserved route they aren't going to force them out and aren't competition on their bread and butter routes with the Q400s.

Road links to EXT airport are superb including the M5 and the A30 that runs literally right next to the airport. Is there potential for a train station for the airport as I notice that the railway line actually runs very close by the airport too.

Previous management at EXT wanted to protect Flybe from the LCC's by not offering deals to them. Has this now changed?

I believe the line that runs closest is the Exeter to Waterloo line, which is single track for large stretches, so capacity would probably be an issue if you were taking about additional trains.

There is a recently opened train station just north of the airport at the newly developed town of Cranbrook. A bus service connects Exeter with the station and airport. Whilst not entirely convienant at around two miles away, it does offer the possibility for expansion in the future.

After the big announcment about FR flights from EXT they've now disappeared again from Ryanair booking engine? Flight dates are still in bold on the calendar part of the booking site, then 'no flights available' show for all dates. Some backtracking going on, or just FR messing about with aircraft positioning in the face of more strikes?? Anyone have any insight?

What is the Flybe network profitability like in Exeter? Are all routes profitable? I would be keen to hear what Exeter Airport & Rigby Group think about the current Flybe issues. Perhaps they have already helped them with airport deals and subsidies?

Would easyJet be interested in operating from Exeter to the likes of Scotland/Northern Ireland?

KLM to Amsterdam?

you are correct
The 195 starts the day in Exeter goes south to the sun Malaga Alicante
up to Norwich pop across to Exeter change crew then head back
Arrives Exeter late evening

TUI have cancelled the Las Palmas summer 19 season for some reason . It will operate again from November 19 with an Exeter based TUI 737

Norwegian airlines closing base at LPA. Their closing TENERIFE to do that might go to..

TUI
 

Is the answer on another thread in as much as will Tenerife switch from Norwegian to a TUI based aircraft in place of LPA?

Norwegian are closing the Tenerife base so it would be difficult although not impossible to crew it from the Gatwick base or even use a Gatwick based aircraft (currently the LGW-TFS on a Tuesday is a straight there and back afternoon to late evening).

Currently the booking engine shows no change to EXT-TFS (still D8) but LPA is not bookable

Probably will try to switch the based TUI 737 onto Tenerife on a Tuesday and put the Palma on something else. With the TUI based 737 doing Mahon + Zakynthos on Monday, it's rather harder to rescue the Las Palmas in the same sort of way.

Plus 6 weekly flights from Ryanair. 2019 should see some decent growth!

There is an emergency on the runway at Exeter currently so the airport is closed until further notice. FlyBe aircraft evacuated at the end of runway 26. EMB jet

The Devon Live website reports smoke in the cockpit of the Embraer 195 operating flight BE4321 to Alicante at 8am. The aircraft had lined up for departure on Runway 26 when the emergency was declared. All passengers and crew were evacuated via the emergency slides.
The aircraft has been recovered to the Flybe hangars and the airport re-opened at around 09:10.

thanks EGTE