Links Air (LNQ, Humberside) is due to launch flights from Oxford Kidlington to Jersey, Guernsey and Belfast City using a Jetstream 31 in a move that has raised eyebrows in the aviation industry. Given the unsatisfactory loads Minoan Air (MAV, Heraklion) has seen on its Fokker 50 flights out of Oxford to Dublin Int'l and Edinburgh, industry analysts have reasoned that, in order for Oxford-based flights to become viable in the long run, expansive advertising, coupled with the backing of a respected brand name along the lines of Loganair (LM, Glasgow Int'l) with Flybe. (BE, Exeter) or Aer Arann Regional (RE, Dublin Int'l) with Aer Lingus (EI, Dublin Int'l), is needed in order to attract potential clients. Despite the airline's planned launch date of mid May fast approaching, Links Air's new website, its likely booking portal and information source, is still unavailable.

Minoan Air (MAV, Heraklion) has announced a major change to its strategy and will give up its domestic flights in Greece from January 21 where it currently operates from its main base at Heraklion to Kos, Mytilene, Rhodes and Santorini. It will instead base one of its Fokker 50s at Oxford Kidlington from March 4 with a second Fokker 50 to follow from May 10. It plans to offer up to twice daily services from Oxford to both Dublin Int'l and Edinburgh. In other news, Minoan has also announced plans to base a Fokker 50 at Lugano from March 28 to launch daily flights to Rome Fiumicino (replacing Darwin Airline (F7, Lugano) on the route which has recently stopped its services) and a three times weekly service to Vienna. The Greek regional carrier's fourth Fokker 50 SX-BRM (c/n 20207) is currently operating on behalf of Flyglinjen (Jönköping) between Stockholm Arlanda and Kristianstad.

Minoan Air (MAV, Heraklion) has confirmed an unspecified delay to its plans to launch regional services from Oxford Kidlington to various destinations including Amsterdam, Copenhagen Kastrup, Dublin Int'l, Edinburgh and Munich which it had originally announced for January. It had then however never opened these routes for reservation. The Greek regional carrier operating four Fokker 50s still plans to launch its Oxford services at a later stage.

Flyglinjen (Jönköping) has announced plans to launch its third route from its homebase at Jönköping to Copenhagen Kastrup. This will be the first international route served by the virtual carrier that uses aircraft chartered from other carriers including a Fokker 50 from Minoan Air (MAV, Heraklion), a Saab 340A from Skytaxi (TE, Wroclaw) and a Jetstream 32 from Avies (U3, Tallinn Ülemiste). For the twice weekdaily service to Copenhagen Flyglinjen will use a Jetstream 32 from AIS Airlines (Netherlands) (IS, Amsterdam).

Minoan Air (MAV, Heraklion) has announced plans to set-up a second base at Oxford Kidlington from January 2013. It currently operates four Fokker 50s on scheduled services from its homebase at Heraklion to Kos, Mytilene, Rhodes and Santorini as well as wet-leases on behalf of GoodFly (Burgos) and Flyglinjen (Jönköping). It plans to operate from Oxford to Amsterdam, Copenhagen Kastrup, Dublin Int'l, Edinburgh and Munich.