Flybe is UK's biggest domestic airline
04.07.09
Flybe says official figures show it is the UK’s biggest domestic airline, overtaking easyJet for the first time in a league table of the number of passengers carried by airlines on routes within the UK, and up from fifth just six years ago..
Statistics released by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) reveal that in May Flybe carried 26% of all UK domestic passengers, ahead of easyJet, which flew 23%. Six years ago Flybe’s share of the market was just 9.6%. Flybe’s total of 451,413 domestic passengers for the month - not including its Scottish franchise partner Loganair - was ahead of all its competitors including easyJet, BA, BMI and Ryanair.
Mike Rutter, Flybe’s chief commercial officer, said: ‘Just 6 years ago, Flybe was a distant fifth in the UK domestic market. It is a mark of how far we’ve come that, in less than a decade, we’re now number one.'
‘We now serve 35 airports in the UK, affirming our commitment to keeping Britain on the move through these challenging economic times. Bucking the spiralling downturn of aviation trends, we have continued to add routes. And those out of Gatwick in recent months such as Newquay have all exceeded expectations.’
The CAA’s figures also show that Flybe carried more domestic passengers to and from Gatwick than any other airline in April and May.
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