Routes

Gulf Air to launch direct Bahrain-Manchester route

Return economy flights start from £613 and business class from £3,159

Aer Lingus Regional launches Glasgow and Exeter routes

New routes from Belfast City airport grow airline’s network to six UK destinations

UK government issues 10-point aviation recovery plan

The strategy will work to deliver an ’innovative and sustainable’ aviation sector as it recovers from the pandemic

BA to restart direct flights to Pittsburgh next week

Operating year-round on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, the flight departs London at 4.45pm and lands in Pittsburgh at 7.50pm local time

London City to gain new air link with northern France

L’Odyssey to operate weekly service to Normandy seaside town Deauville

Virgin Atlantic to restart Cape Town flights in November

Daily Heathrow service to get under way on 5 November

Airlines launch new summer services to Jersey

Blue Islands’ inaugural flight to Norwich took off last week and Eastern Airways is set to launch new routes to the island this weekend

UK flights in June ‘to reach highest level since October 2019’

New data from Cirium highlights significant growth in flights to Turkey and Greece, and decline in those for Spain, Italy and Croatia, in particular

Gatwick to gain new Jerez and Genoa routes this summer

Vueling announces plans to extend Gatwick network to 16 destinations

Low-cost airlines will recover from pandemic ‘stronger than ever’

Ryanair’s increased summer capacity shows low-cost airlines will emerge strongly from the pandemic, says GlobalData

EasyJet puts spring 2023 flight programme on sale

More than 100,000 flights are now on sale between 1 March and 8 May 2023

EasyJet targets 35% reduction in carbon emissions by 2035

The commitment comes as part of its goal of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050

Tui cancels Sri Lanka holidays after FCDO advice update

All holidays up to and including 31 May have been cancelled due to ‘ongoing political and economic instability’ in the country

EasyJet to offer cabin crew ‘£1,000 bonus’

The payments will be in recognition of crew’s contribution to the airline’s summer operation

Eva Air hosts two trade events in two weeks

The Taiwanese carrier held the events to mark the resumption of flights to Bangkok and Taipei

International travel ‘to make full recovery’ by 2025

Analytics firm GlobalData claims overseas departures will reach 68% of pre-Covid levels globally in 2022 and improve to 82% in 2023, although war in Ukraine will hinder Europe’s tourism recovery

Air Transat launches Gatwick-Quebec route

It is the first direct scheduled service to the city from the UK

Play expands US service with Boston flights

Flights via Reykjavik began on Wednesday (11 May), with tickets starting from £199pp

Tui to resume Dublin-Cancun flights next summer

Holiday giant to operate the route weekly from 5 June 2023 for seven weeks

Tui to offer Belfast-Florida departures next summer

Travel giant to operate four flights in June and July 2023

Turkish carrier to launch new UK route this summer

Corendon Airlines confirms plans to expand summer 2022 programme, starting in June

Eastern Airways to increase Cornwall capacity for Jubilee weekend

The service from Humberside airport has seen an ‘upsurge in passengers’ for the upcoming Jubilee weekend

Jet2.com and Jet2holidays add extra Crete services

The carrier has added more than 7,500 seats to the island

Jet2 marks inaugural flight to Izmir from Bristol

First flight departed from Bristol airport on Tuesday (3 May), followed by first flight to Bodrum on Thursday (5 May)