New Airline customer and new scheduled services announced for London Oxford Airport

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.



W:            www.londonoxfordairport.com
T:              UK(0) 1865 290 600
Minoan      www.minoanair.com
E:               commercial@minoanair.com