Routes

Gatwick to welcome 10 new routes for summer 2019

Additions include Spain, the US, Croatia, Italy, Brazil, Poland, Moldova and Romania

Pegasus Airlines announces Manchester-Istanbul route

Five-times weekly service to take off on 1 July

Virgin Atlantic and Delta announce Gatwick-Boston and Gatwick-JFK routes

New routes will be introduced for summer 2020

Heathrow welcomes new Air China Chengdu service

Chengdu grows Heathrow’s Chinese route network to 12

Jet Airways trims Heathrow-Mumbai service

Indian carrier reduces three-times daily Mumbai service to twice daily

Norwegian launches summer 2019 programme with new Rio route

New flights to Miami and San Francisco added, while Seattle summer service resumes

Flybe announces daily Heathrow-Isle of Man service

New route marks return of first direct service between Heathrow and the island in nearly 20 years

Finite market curbs growth of ultra long-haul routes

Ultra long-haul routes are unlikely to become a major trend due to the lack of supporting markets

Lufthansa hails record year in UK ahead of leisure travel push

New routes and increased frequencies made 2018 a record year in the UK for Lufthansa Group – but its boss has signalled 2019 is unlikely to see large-scale expansion

Wizz Air announces new Poland routes

Daily Gatwick-Gdansk service to take off in June followed by a three-times weekly Birmingham-Krakow service in September

Laudamotion rebrands to Lauda; adds Birmingham, Edinburgh and Liverpool routes

New routes are Lauda’s first to and from the UK since launching to Stansted last October

Virgin Atlantic announces Heathrow-Sao Paulo route

New route, launching in 2020, is Virgin’s first to South America

Turkish Airlines announces Gatwick-Bodrum service

Flights to beach destination on Turkey’s southern Mediterranean coast to get under way on April 1

Royal Brunei Airlines extends partnership with British Airways

Deal to grow Asian carrier’s European network to 23 airports

Wizz Air announces new route serving Norwegian fjords

Luton-Stavanger services will get under way on September 16

EasyJet announces four new summer routes from Manchester airport

No frills carrier to base five new aircraft at Manchester this summer, allowing it to add Jerez, Kalamata, Bari and Nice to its network

Carlisle airport to resume commercial operations in July

Loganair to operate routes from Lake District airport to Dublin, Belfast and Southend starting July 4

Ryanair to launch new French base

Budget carrier will set up at Toulouse in October

LOT launches London-Budapest route; plans Vilnius service

Twice-daily weekday service to Hungarian capital from London City took off on Monday (February 18)

Turkish Airlines announces Gatwick-Antalya service

The direct flights will operate twice weekly on Thursdays and Saturdays

Wizz Air announces Transylvania link

Low-cost carrier to fly to European Capital of Culture designate Timisoara in Romania from Doncaster Sheffield airport, starting September 3

‘Britain should lift Sharm flight ban’ says Egyptian ambassador

Egypt ‘ready’ to welcome flights from UK after airport security upgrade

Turkish Airlines launches direct Gatwick-Ankara service

Inaugural flight took place on Wednesday (January 9)

Garuda switches non-stop Heathrow-Jakarta service to Bali

The change will become effective from January 22