EASTERN AIRWAYS, the expanding independent regional airline, has taken oven seven former British Airways routes. Southampton to Newcastle ” four times daily; Southampton to Aberdeen ” twice daily (via Newcastle); Southampton to Leeds Bradford ” three times daily; Leeds Bradford to Isle of Man ” twice daily (from 31 March): Newcastle to Birmingham ” four daily flights and Stansted to Manchester ” three daily flights. Eastern Airways is mirroring the schedules previously offered by British Airways CitiExpress and is introducing more BAE Jetstream 41s into the fleet. These are now sporting Eastern's distinctive red, white and blue livery. The fleet has been expanded by a further Embraer 135, which has debuted on the Southampton-Newcastle route. Eastern, itself based at Humberside, now offers scheduled services from 17 regional UK airports. http://www.easternairways.com