Regional and City Airports appoints Commercial Director

Regional and City Airports (RCA), a leading operator of regional airports in the UK including Bournemouth Airport, Exeter Airport and Norwich Airport, has appointed Steve Lilley to the new role of Commercial Director. Steve has over 25 years of experience in the aviation industry, with a strong background in network planning, airline relations, commercial strategy, []

Bournemouth Airport and SSP announce 10-year food and beverage partnership

Bournemouth Airport and SSP Group, a leading operator of food and beverage outlets in travel locations worldwide, have announced a 10-year partnership that will see SSP become the airport’s main food and beverage partner from 1 April 2025. As part of the airport’s ongoing multi-million-pound transformation, which includes the arrival of Jet2.com and Jet2holidays with []

Jet2.com and Jet2holidays celebrate first flight from Bournemouth Airport

4th February 2025: Jet2.com and Jet2holidays marked another major milestone in their continued success stories this morning (Tuesday 4th February), when the leading leisure airline and UK’s largest tour operator celebrated their inaugural flight departing from Bournemouth Airport – their 12th UK airport base. The busy flight departed from Bournemouth Airport to Tenerife with happy []

Bournemouth Airport marks one million passenger milestone for 2024

Bournemouth Airport has welcomed its one millionth passenger in 2024 as it celebrates a bumper year and looks forward to even bigger growth in 2025. The major milestone was marked in style as the millionth passenger was surprised with champagne and flowers by Bournemouth Airport Managing Director Steve Gill and Customer Service Director Cathy Hicks. []

Summer boost sees Bournemouth Airport welcome 100,000 more passengers

Bournemouth Airport has seen a surge in summer passenger numbers with 840,210 people using the airport between April and October – an increase of almost 103,000 from 737,224 during the same period last year. The increase positions the airport to surpass one million passengers in 2024, a milestone not achieved since 2008. The rise in []

Jet2.com and Jet2CityBreaks launch first ever Christmas Markets programme from Bournemouth Airport for Winter 25/26

28th August 2024: Jet2.com and Jet2CityBreaks have launched their first ever Christmas Markets programme from Bournemouth Airport, with customers and independent travel agents now able to book festive flights and trips for Winter 25/26 to Prague and Vienna for the very first time. In response to strong demand for Christmas Market getaways, the leading leisure []

Bournemouth Airport passes pre-pandemic passenger numbers

Bournemouth Airport has seen a 25% growth in passenger numbers and surpassed 2019 pre-pandemic levels for the first time. Latest figures show that in the 12 months to the end of March 2024 the airport welcomed 967,000 passengers, putting it on course to hit one million later this year. That growth is set to continue []