Flybe between 24 and 28 March launch 16 new routes across its UK and European network, including it first based operations from Doncaster Sheffield (DSA)

• Vincent Hodder, Chief Revenue Officer, Flybe said of the launch: “Today (24 March) is a day we have been working towards for a long time with eight brand new routes starting over the next few days from a brand new base – and we are delighted to announce details of yet another new route with a service to Düsseldorf.” As well as launching a wealth of new routes from Doncaster Sheffield, the carrier has also expanded operations by adding further routes from its Birmingham (BHX), Edinburgh (EDI), London City (LCY), Norwich (NWI) and Southampton (SOU) bases. Commenting on the new connection between Norwich and Exeter, the first new route to be operated under the UK Government’s Regional Air Connectivity Fund, Matt Roach, MD Exeter Airport, said: “This is a UK first for Exeter Airport and further evidence of our growing route network. Travelling to Norwich by train or car can take around five hours so we expect this new service to be popular with business and leisure passengers. Norwich Airport is just two and a half miles from the city of Norwich and the gateway to the coastline and countryside of Norfolk.” The average weekly frequency of Flybe’s new routes is 4.8. Only two of the carrier’s latest routes will encounter direct competition, with services from Doncaster Sheffield to Alicante (ALC) and Malaga (AGP) facing Thomson Airways as an incumbent carrier. 

Launched	From	To	Aircraft (WF)	Competition (WF)
24 March	Doncaster Sheffield (DSA)	Amsterdam (AMS)	E195 (7)
		Faro (FAO)	E195 (2)
		Jersey (JER)	E195 (7)
		Newquay (NQY)	E195 (3)
		Paris CDG (CDG)	E195 (13)
	Norwich (NWI)	Exeter (EXT)	Q400 (6)
		Malaga (AGP)	E195 (2)
	Southampton (SOU)	La Rochelle (LRH)	Q400 (2)
25 March	Doncaster Sheffield (DSA)	Alicante (ALC)	E195 (3)	Thomson Airways (3)
		Berlin Tegel (TXL)	E195 (4)
	Norwich (NWI)	Alicante (ALC)	E195 (2)
26 March	Doncaster Sheffield (DSA)	Malaga (AGP)	E195 (3)	Thomson Airways (3)
27 March	Birmingham (BHX)	Knock (NOC)	Q400 (6)
	Edinburgh (EDI)
	Southampton (SOU)	Paris CDG (CDG)	Q400 (7)
28 March	London City (LCY)		Q400 (5)
Source: OAG Schedules Analyser data for w/c 5 April 2016

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