Flybe picks up business achievement award
09.10.07
Flybe, Europe's largest regional airline, is celebrating after winning the UK Business Achievement Award at the Franco-British Business Awards, hosted by the French Chamber of Commerce in Great Britain (FCCGB). The accolade was presented in recognition of the airline's successful acquisition and integration of British Airway's regional service, BA Connect, in March.
The FCCGB has a membership of over 1300 senior French and British executives and helps with the development of its member's business activities. It also assists UK companies to export to and set up subsidiaries in France.
As the largest provider of routes from the UK to France, Flybe operates more than a hundred weekly departures from UK airports to the a number French regions, including to Nice, Avignon, Limoges, Brest and Paris Charles de Gaulle.
With 820,000 passengers carried to and from France so far this year, Flybe has bought an estimated €80 million to the regional French economy. Mike Rutter, Chief Commercial Officer said: 'We're absolutely thrilled to be receiving such a prestigious award.'
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