FLYBE BRITISH EUROPEAN, announced just before the holiday break a big expansion of services from its two key UK bases at Birmingham and Southampton. For the summer FlyBE will add Milan (Bergamo) and the Isle of Man, its network giving a total of 13 destinations. At Southampton new routes will be launched to Belfast City, Dublin, Geneva, Jersey and Milan (Bergamo). Next winter Barcelona and Nice will join the network. The airline points out that Southampton is a practical alternative to Heathrow for a wide catchment area, excellent road connections and a mainline railway station on the site (although the editor points out that the pedestrian bridge is still at the opposite end of the platform to the airport!). FlyBE”s Southampton services will initially support four aircraft, but the intention is to expand to a 10-strong dedicated Southampton fleet and add further services to Brussels, Copenhagen, Lyons, Toulouse, Edinburgh and Glasgow.
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