I don’t know much about Flybe.com so I decided to have a look at their site. I concentrated on the flights that were of most interest to me i.e flights from Edinburgh or Newcastle as I live between these 2 cities. The majority of their flights are to UK destinations.

Flybe do have flights to some unusual destinations in France, quite in keeping with my focus of  “seeing beyond the usual tourist attractions” in Europe. You can fly from Edinburgh to Bergerac. There are flights from Newcastle to Limoges and Rennes.

Rennes, France by avialle

I ‘m not so sure about Flybe’s claim to be a low cost airline. I tried several searches, outwith peak season during May and September and the cheapest return flight I could find was around £90 and many were over £150.

There are flights once a week, on Saturday, to Limoges and Rennes. I would have liked to see more frequent flights to make these destinations feasible as short break options. Bergerac fares slightly better with twice weekly flights on Saturdays and Wednesdays.

As I’m flexible about dates I’d like to see a cheapest flights finder, as it takes far too long to enter every possible date of travel into a search.

Flybe offer a loyalty scheme but with 2 points earned for an economy return flight, you’d need to take 8 return flights to be eligible for one “free” return economy flight. However it’s only the basic flight that’s free you still have to pay all taxes and charges.

Have you flown with Flybe, how would you rate their website and flights?