Regional airline Flybe has secured a codeshare agreement with Hong Kong-based carrier Cathay Pacific, enabling passengers to travel from their local airport to Hong Kong via Manchester airport on a single ticket.
Starting on December 8, Flybe passengers using Aberdeen, Belfast, Edinburgh, Exeter, Inverness, Isle of Man or Southampton airports will be able to use the single ticket through Manchester onto Cathay Pacific’s new four times a week service to Hong Kong.
Paul Simmons, Flybe’s chief commercial officer, said: “Our new codeshare agreement with Cathay Pacific is another exciting development for the new Flybe.
“We are now giving customers in the UK regions access to Hong Kong through Manchester Airport and relieving them of the need to undertake long road or rail journeys to the UK's congested south east hub airports.
"This new one stop to China service reinforces our commitment to provide one stop to the world connections for customers in the UK regions," he said.
The deal builds upon the Flybe’s current portfolio of existing codeshare partnerships with Aer Lingus, Air France, British Airways, Etihad, Finnair and KLM along with 17 interline partners that includes Emirates, Virgin Atlantic, Delta, Air Portugal and Qatar Airways.
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