class="alignright size-full wp-image-30180" title="Flybe sale on now" src="http://news.cheapflights.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/portugal-albufeira-fishermans-beach.jpg" alt="Flybe sale on now" width="264" height="175" />Book by 2 August 2010:

Flybe has announced that it has discounted fares on seven million seats. Valid with a wide variety of destinations within the UK and Europe, Flybe’s latest promotional offer will meet any vacation needs.

If you only have time for a quick weekend getaway, consider a href="http://www.cheapflights.co.uk/flights/Edinburgh/">flight to Edinburgh and take advantage of its history, museums and festivals. Or if some time by the beach is what you need, book a href="http://www.cheapflights.co.uk/flights/Faro/">flight to Faro and bask in the hot Portuguese sun. Let this deal from Flybe be the excuse for a much needed escape.

Prices start at £23.99 for one-way flights. Some sample fares include:

Birmingham flights to Avignon from £59.99 /> Exeter flights to Faro from £69.99 /> Glasgow flights to Birmingham from £27.99 /> Leeds flights to London from £29.99 /> London flights to Düsseldorf from £26.99 /> Southampton flights to Amsterdam from £31.99

Fares are valid with round-trip purchase and subject to change and availability. Prices may not include additional fees and taxes. These deals and sample fares were priced at time of publishing.

Visit href="http://www.flybe.com/" target="_blank">flybe.com to book one of these seven million seats by midnight on 2 August.

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class="alignright size-full wp-image-29563" title="Flybe's new codeshare with Air France will mean new flights to Budapest among other destinations" src="http://news.cheapflights.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Flybe.jpg" alt="Flybe's new codeshare with Air France will mean new flights to Budapest among other destinations" width="206" height="115" />Low-cost carrier Flybe has announced that it will be entering into a codeshare agreement with French flag carrier href="http://www.cheapflights.co.uk/airlines/Air-France/">Air France.

The British airline, which has previously focused on domestic UK flights, is expected to expand its network by 23 new routes through the deal.

With the use of the Air France hub at Paris Charles De Gaulle, Flybe passengers can take advantage of Air France connections including title="http://www.cheapflights.co.uk/flights/Budapest/" href="http://www.cheapflights.co.uk/flights/Budapest/" target="_self">flights to Budapest, Brest, Istanbul, Geneva, Lyons, Madrid, Nice, Munich, Prague, Nuremberg, Sofia, Warsaw, Vienna and Zagreb.

Air France title="http://www.cheapflights.co.uk/flights/Paris/" href="http://www.cheapflights.co.uk/flights/Paris/" target="_self">flights to Paris Charles De Gaulle from Manchester, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Birmingham will also be sold by Flybe under the new partnership, as well as additional services from Paris Orly.

title="http://www.cheapflights.co.uk/airlines/flybe/" href="http://www.cheapflights.co.uk/airlines/flybe/" target="_self">Flybe chairman Jim French commented: “The codeshare brings benefits for passengers and the two airlines alike; it’s a real win-win agreement. For Flybe, it allows us to offer an even wider range of flights to our passengers, as well as provide superb levels of inter-connectivity that only an airline as big as Air France can offer.”

The deal will also be beneficial to Air France customers as it opens up 45 new air links from France to the UK, offering 17 connecting UK services via Manchester, Southampton and Birmingham.

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class="alignright size-full wp-image-13816" title="Flybe" src="http://news.cheapflights.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/flybe.jpg" alt="Flybe" width="255" height="190" />Domestic carrier href="http://www.cheapflights.co.uk/airlines/flybe/">Flybe has announced plans to launch scheduled flights from href="http://www.kentinternationalairport-manston.com/" target="_blank">Kent Airport to href="http://www.cheapflights.co.uk/airports/Edinburgh-EDI/">Edinburgh.

The new service, which will run between 27 May and 30 October, is the first daily route to be operated out of the gateway since EUjet went bankrupt in 2005.

It is thought that the new connection could boost the number of passengers passing through Kent Airport from 50,000 a year to more than half a million by 2014.

Airport chief executive Matt Clarke commented: “I’m sure this route will be hugely popular with people in Kent because Edinburgh is such a great place to visit.”

Pledging to offer href="http://www.cheapflights.co.uk">cheap airline tickets on the route, Flybe chief commercial officer Mike Rutter added: “We expect our new route to be popular both with business travellers and with those planning their holidays or weekends away and wanting their budgets to go as far as possible.”

Flybe’s new service will be operated by a 78-seat Bombardier Q-400 turboprop aircraft.

Its announcement comes as the carrier unveils a new six-times weekly service from href="http://www.cheapflights.co.uk/airports/Manchester-Intl/">Manchester Airport to href="http://www.bournemouthairport.com/" target="_blank">Bournemouth Airport, which will also begin on 27 May.

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