Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline and the UK’s Number One Domestic carrier, has today announced a preliminary selection of 21 key routes available for travel in early Summer 2011 that includes those serving regional France and Spain together with a selection of popular domestic routes to and from the Channel Islands, Exeter, London Gatwick and Southampton.

This early selection has been put on sale ahead of Flybe’s full summer schedule for next year that is expected to be announced over the next few weeks. 

The selected list of early summer routes is as follows:

Exeter to Alicante, Malaga and Faro
London Gatwick to Aberdeen, Belfast, Guernsey, Jersey, Inverness, Leeds Bradford, Newquay, Newcastle, Nantes and Dusseldorf
Southampton to Alicante, Malaga, Palma Mallorca, Faro, Avignon, Bergerac, Nice and Rennes

Mike Rutter, Flybe’s Chief Commercial Officer, comments: “We are delighted to be in a position to confirm the first wave of our early Summer 2011 routes, even before the sun has set on this year’s summer season! At Flybe, we are committed to listening to our customers’ needs and our understanding of UK travel patterns has allowed us to be proactive in confirming a selection of some of our most popular summer routes. We look forward to announcing our complete Summer 2011 schedule shortly that will, as always, offer travellers an extensive and affordable choice of attractive routes for those wishing to book early at the lowest possible fares available. ”