FlyBe honours 500,000th passenger
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FlyBe welcomed its 500,000th passenger at Cardiff airport yesterday, with a presentation to Bridgend resident John Marsden.Mr Marsden flew in from Edinburgh and was greeted with a certificate and bottle of champagne to commemorate the milestone. The domestic airline has been flying from Cardiff for only 22 months and connects the city to Aberdeen, Belfast City, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Jersey, Newcastle and Paris Charles de Gaulle.Mike Rutter, Flybe’s Chief Commercial Officer, said: “We were delighted to celebrate our 500,000th passenger from Cardiff less than two years after starting services from the airport where, despite the wider economic challenges thrown at everyone last year, we were the only scheduled airline to show growth.We remain 100% committed in continuing to develop our regional services to and to providing the widest, most convenient and affordable travel to and from Wales.”Spencer Birns, Cardiff Airport’s Head of Air Service Development, added: “We hope the airline will continue to expand its services from Cardiff in the future to offer even more choice of destinations and frequency for South Wales travellers from their local airport.”
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