Minoan Airlines launches Dublin - Oxford air services ahead of the annual Cheltenham Festival taking place between 12-15 March this year
Seats are likely to be in demand as the large Irish contingency make their annual pilgrimage to this major horse racing event, historically attracting more than 60,000 attendees each day .
London Oxford is an hour surface transport time from the racecourse and represents one of the most convenient arrival points for these horse racing fans
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Minoan Airlines, the established European airline operator has announced the commencement of operations from the UK with services from London Oxford to domestic and European destinations .
Services to Edinburgh and Dublin will be introduced from 4th March 2013 with additional destinations launched through the subsequent 2 months.
New services are likely to deliver in excess of 100,000 passengers through London Oxford within the first year of operation.
Aimed primarily at the corporate travel community, services will reflect the travel needs of the business community.
The routes identified have large corporate travel volumes and as such require a day return facility for those customers. Seats went on sale on the 22nd January .
Flight times to Edinburgh (1hr 15) compare very favourably with the 5+ hour train equivalent from Oxford.
Flights will additionally provide connectivity through to a range of East Coast USA and Middle East/Far East destinations.
Minoan will establish a base for 2 Fokker F50 aircraft from its fleet at London Oxford, operated by locally recruited crews. Aircraft are configured with 50 seats to provide a good match against the customer types and volumes identified. The on-board product will include complimentary catering appropriate to the time of day.
Seat sales will be effected through both Minoan's in house interactive web site and also via the industry established GDS/BSP reservation/ticketing systems used by the majority of corporate travel agents.
Compared with established travel methods from other airports,the combination of reduced surface transport access times to London Oxford for Oxfordshire residents, lower car park charges, quick passenger processing times through the airport terminal and convenient departure times will significantly improve the flying experience for the traveler. Arriving passengers at London Oxford can expect 'plane to car' times of 10 minutes or less.
These destinations will additionally have great appeal to leisure customers and Oxfordshire based specialist tour operator Great Experience Travel will be providing city break packages on commencement of the services.
Oxford ranks in the top 3 UK destinations for receiving international visitors and Minoan's operations will equally appeal to incoming passengers, looking for easy access to the city and surrounding county for weekend breaks.
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