Routes

Europe loses 6,000 airline routes due to Covid

UK industry needs a recovery package as pandemic causes ‘brutal impact’

EasyJet to base additional four aircraft at Gatwick

Three new routes announced for summer 2021, along with extra frequencies on popular routes

SunExpress to add Gatwick-Antalya route

New service follows recent Manchester-Antalya announcement

SunExpress announces Manchester-Antalya route

Twice-weekly flights fixed for late March before rising to four-times-weekly in late May

Wizz Air launches Luton-Gibraltar flights

Twice-weekly service to operate on Mondays and Fridays, with fares from £25.99pp

Virgin makes Pakistan debut with Manchester flight

First Islamabad service took off on Thursday (10 December), with Heathrow services to Pakistan to follow at the weekend

Aegean announces Corfu, Crete and Santorini routes

New London services to launch next May

Aer Lingus announces Dublin-Santorini route

New service grows Irish carrier’s summer 2021 Greek route network to four

Virgin Atlantic to restart Manchester operations

Barbados flight on Saturday will be carrier’s first from Manchester since March

Wizz Air to serve Egypt from new Cardiff base

Budget carrier to launch nine routes from south Wales next year, including flights to Sharm El Sheikh

Loganair adds Edinburgh-Jersey route for summer 2021

Twice-weekly service to take off on 22 May next year

EasyJet: 'We know there is underlying demand for travel'

Carrier reports more than 200% week-on-week increase in flight and holiday searches following news that UK-wide Covid restrictions will be eased over Christmas

Loganair moves London-Isle of Man service to Heathrow

Daily services to and from UK’s busiest airport to start from 1 December

Etihad and El Al to explore closer working relationship

Codeshare, greater commercial cooperation and loyalty scheme reciprocity among features of new virtual memorandum of understanding

Jet2 launches winter 2021/22 Iceland programme

Scheduled services available from Manchester and Birmingham, as well as 37 three- or four-night trips from seven other UK bases

Jet2 expecting to halve winter 2020/21 capacity

Airline and operator posts £119 million pre-tax loss for six months to 30 September owing to ’unprecedented operational and financial challenges’

British Airways outlines three-stage Covid testing trial

Carrier teams up with American Airlines and oneworld alliance to roll out three-test scheme to monitor negative Covid status and cut quarantine

Loganair to resume Teesside-Jersey flights next summer

Twice-weekly route to operate on Saturdays and Sundays, starting 8 May

Sri Lankan Airlines to launch direct London-Maldives link

Carrier’s winter schedule now features a twice-weekly Heathrow-Male service

Emirates ready to up UK flights to Dubai after travel corridor boost

Carrier says UK government’s decision to add UAE to travel corridor list recognises country’s efforts to contain the Covid pandemic

WTM Virtual: JetBlue boss vows to 'slash' transatlantic fares

Chief executive Robin Hayes confirms US carrier still planning to go ahead with New York-London launch in Q3 2021

Jet2holidays to roll out virtual holiday show initiative

New agent partnership events to run throughout December, January and February

Dedicated sales exec to support Jet2's Bristol launch

Jet2’s current south east sales executive Bryony Boulter to relocate to support agents in airline and operator’s new Bristol airport catchment

Jet2 to launch Bristol base next year

Flights and holidays to 33 destinations on sale now, with first departures scheduled for April 2021