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More flights from Flybe

FLYBE, the biggest operator at the George Best Belfast City Airport, has increased its services to East Midlands Airport. It says it is replacing some of the turboprop services with a larger Embraer jet and adding a second Saturday flight, bringing the total number of return weekly flights to 19. The aircraft changes, which incorporates a 118-seat Embraer 195 aircraft to and from Northern Ireland, have also increased passenger capacity on Flybe's services from East Midlands to Edinburgh and Glasgow. As a result of the changes, there are now an extra 7,000 seats across the three routes up until the end of March. Flybe operates 506 flights a week to and from Belfast City on 13 routes.