Stobart Group Limited Further update on new routes (5481S)

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Stobart Group Limited

22 December 2016

Stobart Group Limited ("Stobart" or the "Group")

Further update on new routes at London Southend Airport

On 5 December 2016, Stobart Group announced its decision to operate flights from London Southend Airport ("LSA") through Stobart Air's existing franchise arrangement with Flybe.

As a further update, the Group is pleased to announce that 12 new European routes are now confirmed, operating through the franchise arrangement with Flybe, from May 2017. Tickets for these new routes will be on sale from today, 22 December 2016. The new routes include Budapest, Milan and Venice. Further routes are expected to be added at a later date.

This takes the number of routes operating from LSA to 28 routes from Spring 2017.

Andrew Tinker, Chief Executive Officer of Stobart Group, said: "The confirmation of new routes from London Southend Airport today further builds on the strategic growth platform we have created in Stobart Group's Aviation Division. This is part of the next stage of our strategy to build new passenger routes at London Southend Airport, capitalising on the growing demand in the South East."

Enquiries:

   Stobart Group Limited                                    [phone] 

Andrew Tinkler, Chief Executive Officer

Mark Adams, Chief Financial Officer

   Redleaf Communications                                [phone] 

Charlie Geller

Sam Modlin

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Stuart Dyble

James Andrew

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