Routes

Air Transat relaunches Gatwick-Montreal service

The carrier will relaunch its Gatwick-Montreal service and add a new route to Quebec later this month

Qantas to launch non-stop Sydney-London route

It comes after the Australian carrier ordered 12 Airbus A350s capable of flying direct to long-haul destinations

Malaysia Airlines hails end of testing for fully vaccinated

Malaysia will remove all remaining entry restrictions for fully vaccinated arrivals from 1 May, and will restore its twice-daily Heathrow-Kuala Lumpur service in June

Jet2 and Jet2holidays to launch Sardinia and Sicily routes

Inaugural flights depart from Stansted and Manchester on Sunday (1 May)

Bournemouth to gain new Malta route this summer

Twice-weekly flights to Med island destination to get under way in July

United poised to ramp up UK and Europe schedule this summer

US carrier will operate 22 daily non-stop flights to Heathrow from late-May following ‘largest transatlantic expansion in its history’

UK to gain new route to largest Kazakh city and financial hub

Air Astana to launch Heathrow-Almaty flights next month, with a stopover on the Caspian Sea

Corendon Airlines announces first UK winter programme

Turkish carrier to offer Antalya flights from five UK airports this winter, and promises ’much larger’ summer 2023 programme

Jet2 to offer Athens city breaks from MAN and BHX this winter

Airline and operator to offer up to two weekly services from each base in November 2022 and February and March 2023, with the the routes set to carry over into Jet2’s summer programme

Wizz Air to launch Luton-Dubrovnik route this summer

Four-times-weekly flights to the iconic Dalmatian port city on the Adriatic will get under way in July

Air Canada to restart non-stop Manchester-Toronto services

Five-times-weekly route to resume from 1 June

Virgin Atlantic and BA drop mask mandate on US flights

Both carriers updated their mask policies on Tuesday (19 April)

Jet2.com and Jet2holidays up capacity for summer 2022

Airline and operator has added additional seats to popular destinations such as the Canary Islands and Turkey for the summer

Finnair launches winter 2022 schedule

The airline will connect Helsinki and Heathrow four times a day, Manchester twice daily and Dublin nine times a week

United adds daily Heathrow-Boston service

The carrier plans to offer 22 flights per day from the London airport to the US by the summer

Virgin Atlantic unveils new advertising campaign

It’s the airlines first in more than two years since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic

Jet2 launches flights to Athens from Manchester and Birmingham

Inaugural flights departed from the airports on Thursday (14 April) marking the first time the airline and operator has flown to the city

Flybe marks return with Birmingham departure

The reborn airline officially launched on Wednesday (13 April) with a flight to Belfast

Corendon Airlines launches inaugural summer services

The airline has expanded its number of flights to Turkey for summer 2022 in response to increased demand

Wizz Air to increase airlift from Luton airport

Budget carrier will increase frequency on six routes to Poland and Romania starting in May after acquiring a number of slots from Vueling

More than 9,000 flights to depart UK airports this Easter

Departures are scheduled to reach 78% of Easter 2019 levels, according to aviation analytics firm Cirium

Wizz Air arrival 'real turning point' for Cardiff airport

Airport’s chief executive says budget carrier’s decision to open new base in the Welsh capital would form a vital part of its ’post-Covid revival plans’

Jet2.com and Jet2holidays announce ‘major’ summer 23 expansion

The companies will add more flights, holidays and new destinations from Glasgow, East Midlands and Bristol airports

Wizz Air launches Cardiff base with nine new routes

The carrier will operate nine routes from the airport with fares from £12.99pp