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Author: Debbie Edwards

Bournemouth Airport on track for 1m passengers

Bournemouth Airport expects to handle more than one million passengers in 2024 as Ryanair confirms its 19th destination from the airport. And to cater for the expected passenger growth, airport owners Regional and City Airports is investing more than £5m in new facilities, equipment, staff and training. Ryanair has confirmed it will start twice weekly []

Bournemouth Airport backs World Diabetes Day with awareness campaign

Bournemouth Airport has teamed up with one of the UK’s leading diabetes research charities to raise awareness of a condition that affects an estimated one in every 14 members of the public, potentially 60,000 people using the airport every year. The number of people living with diabetes in the UK has more than doubled in []

TUI’s Gran Canaria winter flights start next week

Holidaymakers searching for some winter sun from Bournemouth Airport will have even more choice next week when TUI starts its winter service to Gran Canaria and an additional weekly flight to Tenerife. Gran Canaria flights take off from Monday (2nd October) and will operate weekly. Meanwhile TUI’s flights to Tenerife will be twice-weekly from 3rd []

easyJet announces a new winter route from Bournemouth to Lyon

easyJet has today announced it will launch a new winter route between Bournemouth airport to Lyon in France. Flights will start on 13th January 2024 and will operate once a week on a Saturday until 24th February 2024, perfect for week-long trips during the ski season and over schools’ half term break. With flights on sale today []

Love is in the air as chance meeting couple jet off for weekend wedding

Two holidaymakers who met and got engaged in the departure lounge of Bournemouth Airport took to the skies again today – en route to their wedding in Cyprus. Lisa Skellon and Jamie Hobbs fell for each other after their TUI flight from Bournemouth to Tenerife was delayed in November 2019 and they ended up mingling []

Bournemouth Airport rated as one of the best three airports in the UK by Which?

Bournemouth Airport has been rated one of the top three airports in the UK for customer experience and has received ‘Recommended Provider’ status by consumer champion Which? The prestigious recognition comes as part of Which?’s annual airport survey of its members, seeking their feedback on a variety of airport experiences. A customer score was calculated []

May marks start of busy summer getaway from Bournemouth Airport

Bournemouth Airport is marking the start of its busy summer schedule of flights this week with the arrival of a second based aircraft from Ryanair and the start of TUI’s full summer schedule. New twice-weekly flights to Carcassonne in France with Ryanair were officially launched on Monday and travel brand TUI begins flying to six []