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Eastern Airways to launch Bristol - Isle of Man |
January 2004
Eastern Airways is adding Bristol in the South West of England to its
route network effective 29 March 2004
when it starts scheduled
services on the Bristol - Isle of Man
route. Eastern will operate the route once daily using Jetstream
41 aircraft, replacing incumbent carrier FlyBe. Reservations can
be made from Monday 26th January.
Working in co-operation with FlyBe. the transition will be seamless and
Eastern will honour tickets of those passengers who have confirmed
bookings with FlyBe. after 28 March, the day that it ceases its
flights, ensuring there is no disruption for travellers. Eastern are
hoping to increase frequency on the service from Summer 2004 targeting
the business communities of the Island and the South West.
Bristol – Isle of Man becomes the 5th destination from the Isle of
Man. Eastern is currently operating the Isle of Man – Birmingham
service on behalf of British Airways CitiExpress, and will take over
the route in its own right on 1st February, increasing frequency from
twice to three times daily.
At the end of October, Eastern added flights to the Isle of Man from
both East Midlands and Newcastle, along with Birmingham to Inverness,
the latter being a new route for the airline.
Eastern Airways Director, Graeme Ross commented: “The withdrawal of
service on the Bristol - Isle of Man route represented another great
opportunity for Eastern to expand its presence on the Isle of
Man. Bristol is a well positioned and popular airport serving the
South West and the continuation of this service will enable passengers
in the region to continue to enjoy direct links to the Island.”
Eastern Airways operate over 650 flights each week, and will carry
approximately half a million passengers on a network embracing
Aberdeen, Belfast International, Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh,
Humberside, Inverness, Isle of Man, Leeds Bradford, London Stansted,
Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich, Nottingham East Midlands, Southampton,
Teesside and Wick .
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