Routes

Emirates to reinstate third-daily Manchester-Dubai service next month

The airline will operate a double daily A380 service and a daily Boeing 777 service from 1 October 2022

Jet2 to offer winter 2023/24 city breaks to Athens and Rome

Airline and operator expands 2023/24 winter city break programme with two new routes from Stansted, plus additional services to the Greek capital from Manchester

British Airways to reinstate direct Gatwick-Las Vegas route

The move comes after July saw the highest monthly visitation in Las Vegas since the start of the pandemic, reaching nearly 3.5 million visitors

Virgin Atlantic agrees codeshare with Indian carrier IndiGo

The new agreement will boost connectivity on Virgin routes to Delhi and Mumbai, offering IndiGo connections to a further seven Indian destinations eventually rising to 16

Wizz Air to restart Luton-Athens service this autumn

Flights to the Greek capital will restart in October

Renewed regional focus for Ryanair's 'biggest-ever' winter schedule

Budget carrier to operate 440 routes in total this winter, including new services at Birmingham, Bournemouth, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle and Stansted

Tui extends Sri Lanka cancellations despite FCDO reprive

The company has cancelled holidays up to and including 11 September

Jet2.com launches ski programme for winter 2023/24

Ski services operating from across ten UK bases to Chambery, Geneva, Grenoble, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Turin and Lyon are available

Flybe to return to Newquay after two-and-a-half year hiatus

Newly-reborn regional carrier last operated to Newquay in the months preceding the pandemic and becomes Newquay’s 10th, more than it had pre-pandemic

Etihad boosts flights to New York from Abu Dhabi

The carrier will offer 11 weekly services connecting Abu Dhabi to the US state from 15 November

Emirates to operate third daily Dubai-Gatwick service in October

The airline will temporarily operate a third daily flight to the London airport from 15 to 29 October

Hainan Airlines restores direct Manchester-China route

The service will operate weekly each Monday arriving at 10am and departing at 3pm

South Africa predicts uptick in British arrivals this autumn and winter

It comes as the number of direct routes from London to Cape Town in 2022/23 are set to exceed 2019/20 levels

Wizz Air to launch Luton-Montenegro route in November

Twice-weekly flights to Montenegro capital Podgorica to get under way from 2 November

Norse expands European transatlantic network after UK launch

The airline also announced a new route connecting Berlin to Fort Lauderdale, operating three times a week, which will commence on 7 December with tickets available to purchase now from €228 one-way.

Bjorn Tore Larsen, chief executive of Norse Atlantic Airways, said: "We are very pleased to now be able to welcome customers from across Germany onboard our state-of-the-art Boeing 787 Dreamliners to New York and Los Angeles.

"With the addition of our Fort Lauderdale route commencing in December we will be the largest long-haul carrier operating out of Berlin."

Public affairs expert joins board of India-UK start-up carrier

Baroness Usha Prashar CBE links up with ’true community airline’ Hans Airways, which is planning to launch four-times-weekly Birmingham-Amritsar flights

EasyJet launches new Belfast-Glasgow route

Flights will launch from 31 October 2022 with departures on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays throughout winter until 24 March 2023

Ryanair adds more than 100,000 seats for Autumn half term

The carrier will add more than 500 flights to and from its main base at Stansted

Emirates to reintroduce flagship A380 to Perth

It comes as the airline increase services to Australia

Ryanair launches Wizz Air ‘rescue fares’ after Cardiff cuts

Ryanair to offer discounted fares on alternative routes to winter holiday hotspots after Wizz announced plans to axe most of its winter schedule from Cardiff

British Airways to offer two new Caribbean destinations next summer

Flag carrier to fly to Aruba and Guyana from Gatwick starting next March

Wizz Air slashes winter schedule at Cardiff airport

Majority of the budget carrier’s routes to be suspended ‘to adapt to the challenging macro-economic environment’

Finnair promises brief UK transfers on new Mumbai route

Three-times-weekly service from Helsinki, launching on Saturday, ’timed to allow for easy connections’ with major UK airports

Tui updates Spain guidance to reflect proof of finance rule

It comes after reports of the rule – which has been in place for ’some time’ – hit the national press last week