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London Oxford Airport has announced the addition of two new year-round destinations. From 8 May 2012, Manx2.com will operate daily scheduled flights to the Islands of Jersey and the Isle of Man. This will be the first time Manx2.com has operated flights from Oxford. Monday to Saturday flight schedule:
Sunday times depart 15:30 for Jersey, 18:20 for IOM “This is a terrific start to the New Year for the residents of Oxford and our wider catchment area, with more than five million people residing within an hour’s drive of the airport,” said Chris Orphanou, Managing Director. “We are delighted to welcome Manx2.com and its regular Jetstream 31 flights to these two important Crown Dependencies. As Jersey and the Isle of Man no longer have air services to London Heathrow, this service will be a viable alternative for Islanders heading west of London. In addition the new services will benefit the local community with expanded tourism and ancillary revenues. Wealthy creation for the region could be considerable,” he added. The Isle of Man route will appeal to the leisure market, ideal for short breaks with its stunning scenery and unspoilt beaches, as well as business travellers with interests in offshore banking, aircraft and shipping management, finance and tourism. Jersey has been an extremely popular charter destination, with the airport supporting Saturday services for the past three years. London Oxford Airport can now offer terrific flexibility to the Channel Islands, one of Europe’s top holiday destinations, offering accommodation to suit all tastes from camping to five star luxury hotels.
Flybe has extended its ‘free extras’ travel offer for another two weeks on its services between Guernsey and Jersey and London Gatwick Airport. The ‘free extras’, which include free 20kg bag allowance, free advanced pre-assigned seating and no transaction fees, has proved popular and now the airline has extended the promotion to all online bookings made through to midnight on Friday 16 December 2011 for travel up to and including 31 March 2012. Simon Lilley, Flybe’s Director of Marketing comments: “The uptake by our Channel Island passengers to the recently launched ‘Free Extras’ promotion has clearly shown they appreciate that Flybe is committed to championing the local communities it serves. This is why we have decided to extend our money-saving offer that is an additional bonus to passengers having the peace of mind that they are also flying with the most punctual airline flying between the Channel Islands and London Gatwick Airport.” easyJet is to launch flights to Jersey from its newest base at Southend Airport. Flights will operate four times per week (Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays) from 2 May 2012. Ali Gayward, easyJet Commercial Manager, said: “We are excited to announce our new route from Jersey to easyJet’s newest base, London Southend. It will open up an easy and affordable link to the capital for leisure and business passengers, while supporting tourism in Jersey. “It is testament to the success of our existing routes from the island to Liverpool and Glasgow that we have made this addition of a direct service to London and are sure that it will be welcomed by local residents and visitors alike.” Blue Islands, the Channel Islands based airline, is expanding its operations at Jersey Airport with a new service to Bournemouth. Bournemouth to Jersey flights will commence on 1 November 2011 and offer connections to Guernsey. The year-round service will operate three times per week, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, and is the ninth destination offered by Blue Islands from Jersey. Channel Islands based airline, Blue Islands has today announced their plans to fly direct from Manchester Airport to Jersey with onward connections to Guernsey. The daily flights will commence on 31 October 201 with connecting flights to Guernsey taking an additional 15 minutes – passengers remain on the aircraft to connect through. Blue Islands allows passengers to book flights with no hidden charges – no charges to carry baggage or for excess baggage, no charges to book using a debit or credit card and free changes to tickets (names and flights). Pole-Island Direct has announced it is to operate Jersey to Warsaw flights this Christmas. Flights depart on 18 December 2011 and 1 January 2012.
Flybe has launched a new Student Baggage Discount product allowing passengers possessing a valid student ID to carry two bags weighing up to 40 kg in total for the price of only one standard hold bag when travelling to and from Belfast, Guernsey, the Isle of Man and Jersey. Those students booking online will need to book only one standard bag during the booking process at the normal rate and then produce their valid Student ID when checking in at the airport Bag Drop with the second bag that will be accepted free of charge. Mike Rutter, Flybe’s Chief Commercial Officer comments: “We recognise that students are facing escalating costs and also appreciate the additional travel costs incurred by those living ‘off’ the UK mainland and in Northern Ireland. As a result we are pleased to offer this ‘buy one, get one free’ offer under the premise that every little helps. We feel sure our buy one get one free Student Baggage deal is going to prove popular with those flying to and from these four key destinations.” Following the successful launch of Jersey to Warsaw flights, flights to Krakow have been announced. C I Travel Group in association with Pole-Island Direct will operate two return flights to Krakow, in July and August. Flights will depart on Saturday 30 July and Saturday 13 August 2011, with return flights from Krakow operating Sunday 31 July and Sunday 14 August. Robert Mackenzie, Managing Director of C I Travel Group commented, ‘We received such a positive response to our first series of flights to Warsaw at Easter, that we were keen to develop the programme for the summer. We found that many people preferred to travel to Krakow and these flights we are sure will prove popular – allowing many people to travel during the school holidays and for friends and family to visit Jersey during the summer.’ Blue Islands airline has announced the launch of twice-daily flights between Bristol and Jersey. The new flights will commence on Monday 23 May and will be operated by a 19-seat Jetstream. Flight timetable:
Managing Director of Blue Islands, Rob Veron, said ‘Bristol is an important city and one of the largest business centres in the south. This fits naturally within our philosophy to serve the business cities of Europe. The introduction of this Bristol service will also be attractive to the leisure visitor with the airport catchment area covering ten counties across the South West of England and South Wales. ‘The onward connections for Jersey travellers are also good with a choice of 81 scheduled destinations (66 international and 15 domestic) served by direct flights from Bristol Airport across 22 countries.’ easyJet has announced its second route from Jersey airport. The new flights will operate to Glasgow airport and will be the airline’s first direct Scottish route from Jersey. Commencing on 25 June, the Jersey to Glasgow flights will operate three times per week (Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays) until 24 September. |
