Leading regional airline kicks key flight from Dublin to Southampton into touch for crucial England-Ireland rugby clash.

Flybe, the UK�s Number One Domestic Airline and one of Europe�s largest regional airlines, will be using one of its larger aircraft on the last flight of the day from Dublin to Southampton on Friday 26th to cope with the increased demand from Irish fans wanting to travel to London to watch their team�s crucial Six Nations Rugby match against England at Twickenham on Saturday.

The airline will operate one of its popular 118-seat Embraer jet aircraft on the 2035 departure from Dublin in making sure that no Irish rugby fan will miss out and limited seats are still available for booking now at www.flybe.com

The move re-iterates Flybe�s commitment to bringing affordable, convenient travel to its customers and builds on Flybe�s tradition of championing sporting activity in the regions in which it operates.

Flybe�s Chief Commercial Officer, Mike Rutter, says: �At Flybe, we always try to respond quickly to the needs of our passengers and the aircraft upgrade from our usual 78-seat Q-400 is a perfect example of this.

�We never fail to be amazed by the sporting passion demonstrated by our passengers as they travel to support their teams and are only too happy to help them fly their team�s flag wherever possible.�

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For further press information, or to arrange an interview, please contact the Flybe press office: T: 0845 675 0681 E: pressoffice@flybe.com

EDITORS� NOTES

� Flybe is one of Europe's largest and most successful regional airlines with 196 routes serving 13 countries, operating from a total of 69 departure points, 37 UK and 32 European airports (on sale for Winter �09/Summer �10) � Flybe is the UK�s Number One Domestic Airline - carrying more UK domestic passengers than any other airline; carrying more domestic passengers at London Gatwick than any other airline and operating over four times more domestic routes than any other airline (CAA statistics � April-Dec 09) � Flybe won both Best Short-Haul Airline and Best Environmental accolades at the 2010 Business Travel Awards. Other recent awards include: Air Transport World�s 2009 Regional Airline of the Year; Aviation Week�s Overhaul & Maintenance (O&M) European Airline MRO of the Year (Flybe�s aircraft maintenance division); the �Most Environmentally and Socially Responsible Budget Airline� Award at The British Travel Awards 2009 for the second year running; and the 2008 Regional Leadership Award at the Global Airline Strategy Awards � Flybe is the largest scheduled airline, measured by air traffic movements, at Belfast City, Birmingham, Cardiff, Exeter, Inverness, the Isle of Man, Jersey, Manchester and Southampton airports (CAA statistics � Dec 09) � Flybe�s new Training Academy in Exeter is scheduled to open in 2010 � Flybe launched the aviation industry�s first ever eco labelling scheme in 2007 � Flybe offers the UK�s first low cost customer loyalty scheme open to all passengers Rewards4all � Flybe signed a landmark franchise Agreement with Loganair, the Scottish regional airline, in January 2008� the first of its kind ever for a low cost carrier