Routes

Jet2 to launch seven new routes to Greece in expanded programme

Chief executive Steve Heapy has called Jet2’s campaign with the Greek National Tourist Office ’critical’ for the programme’s success

Aer Lingus to axe underperforming Dublin-Gatwick route

Ryanair has stepped in to assist passengers affected by the decision, with Aer Lingus set to cease operating the route at the end of March

Jet2 adds Verona to Manchester 2024/25 ski flight programme

Airline and operator to launch weekly Saturday service in December

Cyclone Belal: Mauritius flights rescheduled as airport reopens

Local authorities, though, have warned of knock-on effects from this week’s tropical storm over the coming days

Cyclone Belal: Air Mauritius suspends flights following airport closure

Air Mauritius cancelled five services scheduled for Tuesday (16 January) as the airport was forced to shut down a day earlier due to the impact of Cyclone Belal

Baggage handler and security staff strikes to disrupt Italy travel next week

The walkout has led to flag carrier Ita Airways cancelling 20 national flights while guaranteeing all international ones

Virgin Atlantic to increase winter sun capacity next year

The airline has ramped up services to the likes of Barbados, Dubai and the Maldives

Tui launches weekly Birmingham-Singapore charter service this winter

Flights will operate until 3 April before stopping for a few months and resuming on 11 December 2024

China Southern boosts London-China connectivity with new Gatwick service

China Southern joins Air China and China Eastern at Gatwick

British Airways poised for return to Agadir with new Gatwick service

BA will reinstate a service to the Moroccan beach destination of Agadir in the spring

Heathrow urges greater collaboration on SAF following Flight 100

Chief executive Thomas Woldbye said Heathrow wanted 100% SAF flights to become an everyday occurence

Ryanair to launch flights from Norwich next summer

Budget carrier will offer routes to Alicante, Faro and Malta

Latam Airlines restores direct air link between the UK and Peru

Five-times-weekly Heathrow-Lima service inaugurated at the weekend

Budget Barbados and Montego Bay routes take off from Gatwick

Norse Atlantic Airways will operate its Gatwick-Barbados route up to five times a week this winer, and its Gatwick-Montego Bay service up to four times a week

EasyJet brings forward launch of new Birmingham base to mid-March

According to the low-cost carrier, the new three-aircraft base will create 100 direct jobs and more than 1,200 indirect ones

London gains new ski service with extra Austria route

The new route will take off every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday

Manchester's Beijing service to become daily next summer

Hainan Airlines to increase its current four-times-weekly route between Manchester and China’s capital to daily from June 2024

WestJet to launch new Gatwick-Canada route next summer

The St John’s service will operate three times a week on Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays between 1 May and 25 October 2024

New aviation and maritime ministers named following govt reshuffle

Anthony Browne and Lord Davies of Gower will take up the briefs vacated by Baroness Vere

Vietnam Airlines restores daily non-stop flights from Heathrow

The flag carrier will operate four weekly flights to Hanoi as well as three per week to Ho Chi Minh City

Iceland volcano eruption 'unlikely to be a repeat of 2010'

Accuweather’s Jonathan Porter said the situation was very different to 13 years ago, when the eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull brought European air transport to a temporary standstill

Transatlantic start-up hints at plans to sell through agents

Global Airlines founder James Asquith told WTM London agents would have a role to play in its distribution model

Tui launches Newcastle-Cape Verde flights as part of service ramp-up

According to commercial director Phillip Iveson, the new route will give people in the north-east “more choice and flexibility” when choosing a holiday

EasyJet puts a dozen new routes on sale for summer 2024

Southampton-Alicante and Liverpool-Enfidha are some of the new routes put on sale by easyJet