ajamieson
10th Oct 2002, 15:45
Press release just in...
Release date: October 10, 2002 Media release ref:
166/02
NEW MANCHESTER-DUNDEE AND MANCHESTER-INVERNESS BUSINESS LINKS FROM NOVEMBER 4
Eastern Airways in association with bmi has announced that from November 4 it will operate new services from Dundee and Inverness to Manchester.
There will be three daily flights each way between Manchester and Dundee and Manchester and Inverness from Monday to Friday, providing business travellers with a convenient means of commuting around their working day.
The services will also provide Scottish business and leisure travellers with easy access to a key intercontinental gateway offering direct flights to over 170 destinations worldwide, including Europe, North America, the Middle East and the Far East.
Journey times on the Dundee route will be 80 minutes, with the Inverness service taking around 95 minutes. Eastern Airways, which operates from Terminal 3 of Manchester Airport, will launch the services using an 18-seat Jetstream 32 aircraft.
Manchester Airport Managing Director John Spooner welcomed the
announcement, saying: "We are delighted to welcome these new links. Manchester offers business travellers excellent services to European, US and worldwide financial centres like Frankfurt, Geneva, New York and Singapore. We are sure the services will be a big hit with business and leisure travellers in Manchester and Scotland."
Manchester Airport Chairman Councillor Brian Harrison said: "Manchester Airport has long been many business people's first choice for travel. Now we are making our service even better with the addition of these important new Scottish links."
Eastern Airways Managing Director Richard Lake said: "It has long been our wish to start these services from Inverness and Dundee to Manchester, the UK's third largest airport. We are starting these flights in response to passenger demand."
Eastern Airways also operates three flights a day between Manchester and Norwich from Monday to Friday.
To make a reservation, call Eastern Airways on 01652 680600 or visit www.easternairways.com.
(edited to remove the flight times which won't tabulate properly...)
Release date: October 10, 2002 Media release ref:
166/02
NEW MANCHESTER-DUNDEE AND MANCHESTER-INVERNESS BUSINESS LINKS FROM NOVEMBER 4
Eastern Airways in association with bmi has announced that from November 4 it will operate new services from Dundee and Inverness to Manchester.
There will be three daily flights each way between Manchester and Dundee and Manchester and Inverness from Monday to Friday, providing business travellers with a convenient means of commuting around their working day.
The services will also provide Scottish business and leisure travellers with easy access to a key intercontinental gateway offering direct flights to over 170 destinations worldwide, including Europe, North America, the Middle East and the Far East.
Journey times on the Dundee route will be 80 minutes, with the Inverness service taking around 95 minutes. Eastern Airways, which operates from Terminal 3 of Manchester Airport, will launch the services using an 18-seat Jetstream 32 aircraft.
Manchester Airport Managing Director John Spooner welcomed the
announcement, saying: "We are delighted to welcome these new links. Manchester offers business travellers excellent services to European, US and worldwide financial centres like Frankfurt, Geneva, New York and Singapore. We are sure the services will be a big hit with business and leisure travellers in Manchester and Scotland."
Manchester Airport Chairman Councillor Brian Harrison said: "Manchester Airport has long been many business people's first choice for travel. Now we are making our service even better with the addition of these important new Scottish links."
Eastern Airways Managing Director Richard Lake said: "It has long been our wish to start these services from Inverness and Dundee to Manchester, the UK's third largest airport. We are starting these flights in response to passenger demand."
Eastern Airways also operates three flights a day between Manchester and Norwich from Monday to Friday.
To make a reservation, call Eastern Airways on 01652 680600 or visit www.easternairways.com.
(edited to remove the flight times which won't tabulate properly...)