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Southampton Airport hosts yet another successful Runway Run preview image

Southampton Airport hosts yet another successful Runway Run

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Around 700 runners had an early start yesterday on Sunday 24 June to run 5k for the airport’s official Charity Partner, the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance (HIOWAA). Southampton Airport is the only commercial airport in the UK that opens up its runway to the members of the public for this type of events, and with 700 runners has broken yet another record of hosting the biggest run of its kind in the UK to date.

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Southampton Airport gets hyped for Skiathos route preview image

Southampton Airport gets hyped for Skiathos route

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Southampton Airport is counting down the days until the anticipated launch of Skiathos route. The first flight, provided by FlyLolo will take off on 3rd of July at 3pm. The airline will operate every Tuesday, totalling 14 flights until 2nd of October.

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easyJet to take off from Southampton again this winter preview image

easyJet to take off from Southampton again this winter

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Geneva flights are back from December 2018 following demand from ski passengers. Southampton Airport is welcoming back a great airline and a fabulous destination for the winter season. Flights go on sale today (12 April) for the first flights of the new season with easyJet, Europe’s leading airline.

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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s the new airport drone! preview image

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s the new airport drone!

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Eagle-eyed bird spotters passing through Southampton Airport recently may have noticed a species they couldn’t quite place. Although it looks just like a falcon to the casual observer, the new arrival, named Robird®, is actually an ornithopter – a type of drone designed and flown to mimic the actions of a bird of prey, and used to deter real birds from airport.

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Southampton Airport invests in state-of-the-art training centre for businesses across the region preview image

Southampton Airport invests in state-of-the-art training centre for businesses across the region

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Southampton Airport is delighted to announce the launch of its brand new training centre, EchoFour. EchoFour gives businesses from across the South the chance to receive the highest standard of training at a unique location. Each course is instructed by serving firefighters, creating an environment whereby ‘professional firefighters train professional people’.

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Delight for Southampton skiers with more choice to Chambery preview image

Delight for Southampton skiers with more choice to Chambery

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Specialist ski companies, Esprit Ski and Ski Total are expanding their Chambery flight programme from Southampton Airport this winter. Following a successful season this year, Esprit Ski and Ski Total will upgrade the aircraft which currently flies the route, a 78 seat Dash aircraft, to a larger 118 seat Embraer jet aircraft.

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Flybe launches 2018-19 winter schedule preview image

Flybe launches 2018-19 winter schedule

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Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, has announced the first phase of its 2018/19 Winter programme earlier than ever this year featuring 127 routes and a choice of up to 2,683 flights a week throughout the UK and mainland Europe.

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Southampton Airport launches Runway Run 2018 preview image

Southampton Airport launches Runway Run 2018

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Southampton Airport has today launched its official Runway Run which is due to take place on the airport’s runway at 6am on Sunday 24th June 2018. The run is 5km in length and members of the public are invited to enter. Approximately 600 people are expected to join in the fun, taking advantage of the unique opportunity to run along a real runway at daybreak.

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Southampton Airport announces new route to Skiathos preview image

Southampton Airport announces new route to Skiathos

Southampton Airport has today announced that it will be introducing a new route to Skiathos with its newest airline FlyLolo, starting July 2018. This will be the first time that Southampton Airport has offered a direct route to Greece.

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Flybe announces 2018 summer schedule from Southampton preview image

Flybe announces 2018 summer schedule from Southampton

Understanding that many of its customers like to plan early to take advantage of the best possible prices, Flybe has today (2nd August 2017) announced its extensive 2018 Summer schedule from Southampton Airport. This features 27 routes offering a total choice of up to 256 departures a week across the UK and regional mainland Europe.

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Records beaten at Southampton Airport Runway Run preview image

Records beaten at Southampton Airport Runway Run

Yesterday, on Sunday 25th June, 600 runners took to Southampton Airport’s runway at sunrise to run 5k in aid of the airports Charity of the Year. Southampton Airport is the only commercial airport in the UK that opens up its runway to members of the public for this type of event and with 600 runners attending, the event was the biggest run of its kind in the UK to date.

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Southampton Airport celebrates 2 million passengers preview image

Southampton Airport celebrates 2 million passengers

Southampton Airport has today announced that it has surpassed the 2 million passengers in a rolling year mark. Between May 2016 and April 2017 the airport welcomed 2,029,873 passengers, the highest number since commercial flights began nearly 100 years ago in 1918.

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