On 26 June 2011, Trentbarton added an additional bus per hour, increasing the frequency to every 20 minutes, including the fleet of buses now using Wright Solars instead of Optare Tempos.

[2] On 30 January 2012, Felix Bus Services' commercial routes were acquired by Wellglade Group, the parent company of Trentbarton.

[citation needed] Ilkeston Flyer would then be extended to Cotmanhay on 30 June 2014 to compete with the Y3 service, though the route would return to its original every 20 minutes frequency as a result.

[citation needed] On 26 March 2017, Ilkeston Flyer received a first class upgrade using Wright Eclipse buses complete with USB sockets and free wifi, while increasing the fleet of buses operating the route from four to six, bringing the frequency up from every 20 minutes to every 15 minutes again.

[7] Ilkeston Flyer's frequency would later be further increased to every 10 minutes[a] on 14 July 2024,[8] alongside the entire fleet being replaced with Alexander Dennis Enviro200 MMC models.