Flight Time / September 2016

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FLYBE TIME A TO FLYBE
Flybe is the largest scheduled airline
at Manchester Airport and it recently
started a year-round daily service to
Lyon with a flight time of 1hr 45 minutes.
The historic city is a World Heritage Site
and a thriving cultural centre. It is also a
major centre for the banking, chemical,
pharmaceutical, and biotech industries.
The airline will also operate a
twice-weekly service to Chambéry from
December as part of its 2016–17 Winter
schedule. The destination is ideally
positioned, not only for French resorts,
but for Swiss and Italian ski slopes too,
with hundreds of resorts within easy
reach of the popular French city.
Flybe’s Chief Revenue Officer,
Vincent Hodder, commented: “Lyon is
an appealing option for both business
and leisure travellers, with frequent daily
flights that give customers the flexibility
they need when arranging their travel
plans. We’re also pleased to announce
an expansion to our ski destinations with
the addition of Chambéry joining our
Geneva and Toulouse routes.”
Stephen Turner, Commercial Director
for Manchester Airport, added: “We’re
delighted to see the launch of Flybe’s
new daily service to Lyon and the
addition to its Winter schedule. We’re
confident both routes will prove hugely
popular with the 22 million people in our
catchment area.”
NEW ROUTES FROMMANCHESTER
CAPITAL GAINS
STAND UP TO
CANCER RETURNS
THIS AUTUMN
Stand Up To Cancer, the joint
national fundraising campaign from
Cancer Research UK and Channel 4,
returns for its fifth year this autumn.
Bursting with celebrity supporters
including Jack O’Connell, Will Poulter,
Rosamund Pike, Zoella and Joe Sugg,
this year’s campaign will be packed full
of new fundraising challenges, special
events and entertainment to inspire
the nation to help beat cancer sooner.
Channel 4’s much-loved Stand Up
To Cancer programming will also
return, with celebrity specials such as
The Island With Bear Gryllswhetting
the nation’s appetite ahead of the
live show on Friday 21st October,
presented by Davina McCall, Alan
Carr and Adam Hills.
One in two people in the UK will
be diagnosed with cancer in their
lifetime. Stand Up To Cancer
works to accelerate new cancer
treatments to UK patients,
to help save more lives,
more quickly.
For more
information on
how you can
get involved, visit
Standuptocancer.
or follow us on
Facebook, Twitter or
Instagram.
Flights to Lyon and Chambéry give added choice
Due to high customer demand, Flybe’s
new winter route will start one month
earlier than planned. The brand-new,
twice-weekly route to Berlin Tegel
airport from Cardiff, scheduled to start
on 2nd November, will now begin a
month earlier on 1st October, with a
Saturday service only during this initial
four-week period. It is a move that is
sure to be welcomed by those looking to
travel between the Welsh and German
capital cities.
Flybe’s new winter route
between Cardiff and
Berlin to start early
The cost of travel during school holidays is
often an issue for families as they come up
against price hikes and limited availability
during peak times, so specifically for the
EXTRA OCTOBER HALF-
TERM FLIGHTS
upcoming autumn half term Flybe is reversing
the trend and has added an extra 32 flights
to eight of its most popular routes for travel
between 22nd-30th October, 2016 with one-
way fares available from £34.99, including
taxes and charges. Destinations include
Newquay, Amsterdam, Málaga and Dublin.
A big thank you
to all passengers who
again gave so generously
to the on-board collections
held in June for our charity
partner Cancer Research UK. A
magnificent £45,333 was raised
to contribute towards the
charity’s life-saving work
to help beat cancer
sooner.