A new route between Bristol and the Isle of Man is hoping to encourage domestic tourism, a budget airliner has said today.
Flybe says the year-round service will fly three times a week, with further flights added to their Bristol to Jersey route also.
The Isle of Man to Bristol route will be effective from March 28th, the start of the airline's summer schedule. The new service – operated by a 78-seat Bombardier Q-400 aircraft in just under an hour – will fly every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, with the addition of a Saturday service during the May through September peak season.
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Boost to the economy
THIS year's Manx Grand Prix contributed nearly £5m to the Manx economy and raised about £800,000 income for the Manx Government, a survey has found. The research is the first in a series of studies commissioned by the Department of Tourism and Leisure to determine the contribution to the Manx economy of the Isle of Man's various motorsport events. Here.Photo: Carolynn Sells on her way to becoming the first woman to win a race around the Mountain Course at this year’s Manx Grand Prix
I saw these on EBay -- they're Manx you know!
Monday, November 23, 2009
Manx Premiere
Film star fever well and truly swept through the Isle of Man at the weekend. The Manx premiere of 'Me and Orson Welles' was an occasion to remember for the stars and fans alike, as Zac Efron and other key members of the cast received the red carpet treatment.
Efron and co-star Claire Danes were overwhelmed with the reaction and had fond memories of the Island. There will be a look back at Saturday night's premiere on Monday's Mandate show.
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Efron and co-star Claire Danes were overwhelmed with the reaction and had fond memories of the Island. There will be a look back at Saturday night's premiere on Monday's Mandate show.
Listen To Related Audio Clip at www.ManxRadio.com
Racing on the Lord's Day -- big changes afoot.
PLANS to close Manx roads for Sunday motorsport events have been unveiled. Tourism and Leisure Minister Martyn Quayle said the idea was to hold additional two and four-wheel events to attract visitors to the Island for a weekend of racing.
He dismissed the suggestion that the measures were ultimately aimed at reducing the length of the TT or MGP or scrapping Mad Sunday. But he said it could make the likelihood greater of live television coverage of the TT. Currently, racing is not permitted on the Lord's Day except in very limited circumstances. More.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
TMI Christian's mum...
British actor Christian McKay is a revelation in Richard Linklater's Me and Orson Welles, which opens next month. McKay seizes the chance of his first film to give a brilliant performance as young Orson, staging his legendary production of Julius Caesar at New York's Mercury Theatre in 1937. Awards surely await. McKay comes from Bury (Caesar, not to praise him...?) and shot the film – which co-stars Zac Efron, Claire Danes, Ben Chaplin and Kelly Reilly – on the Isle of Man (with the famous Matcham theater, The Gaiety on Douglas prom doubling for the NYNY venue. Ed). He told me he thought he'd never been to the island – until his proud mum came to see him filming there and told him: "Oh, your Dad and me came here, to Douglas, for our honeymoon. In fact, you were conceived here." Guardian
Friday, November 20, 2009
Happy Birthday Nicole!
47 today -- but how long is a day up there?Story here.
NASA astronaut Nicole Stott, the newest member of the Atlantis crew, is celebrating her 47th birthday today aboard the International Space Station.
Stott, a Clearwater, Fla.-native and graduate of the University of Central Florida in Orlando and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, is finishing a three-month tour on the station.
She officially switched from the station's Expedition 21 crew to the Atlantis crew after the shuttle docked Wednesday.
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