Flybe has reported seeing a demand for holiday flights during the late summer to Spain and France, which is unprecedented. The sale of tickets for both of the destinations during the coming bank holiday weekend have risen by 10% in comparison to the same weekend in 2007, while Britons try to escape dreary summer weather to enjoy the late days of summer in the sun.

Flybe, which is getting ready for one of their busiest bank holidays ever, has stated that the demand has set records for traveling to traditional regional spots for holidays as well, which include flights in and out of the Channel Islands, as well as to Scotland and the Isle of Man. The result of the significant rise in demand has Flybe predicting an 11% increase overall in their number of passengers during the summer season of 2008 in comparison to that of last year, and they have received a boost from the 10% rise in sales for the bank holiday by itself, which lasts four days.

It has been the last-minute decisions to run off to Spain, Portugal, and France instead of to a regional holiday destination that has been so surprising in the demand compared to past years. Travelers, specifically those holidaymakers that are departing from Southampton and Exeter airports, are demonstrating that Britons have had it with the dreary and rainy days of the holiday in their own yards, and they are determined to do anything that they can in order to spend their bank holiday weekend in the sun.

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