Author: Lee Fletcher

London Gatwick Airport has announced a new service from April 2023, as Lufthansa launches a double daily service to Frankfurt, Germany. From 23 April 2023, the German airline will operate twice daily between the UK’s capital and Germany’s financial capital Frankfurt. Home of the European Central Bank, Frankfurt is one of the largest global hubs of passenger and cargo traffic. It is currently the fifth busiest European airport and seventh busiest in the world for international passengers. The new route will offer important onward connectivity for passengers, including to other key financial hubs such as San Francisco, Los Angeles, Singapore,…

Cornwall Airport Newquay has said that it has expanded its Summer 23 schedule with the addition of a new direct service to Copenhagen. Copenhagen joins Newquay’s growing direct European services from Newquay, including Alicante, Dublin, Dusseldorf, Faro, Malaga and Zurich. With the expansion, Cornwall Airport will welcome the return of SAS’s seasonal service, operating twice-weekly services to Copenhagen, starting from June 2023. The flag carrier of Denmark, Norway and Sweden will use its fleet of CRJ900s on the 1,307-km sector, offering close to 2,500 two-way seats during the peak season. Amy Smith, Head of Commercial, Cornwall Airport Newquay, commented: ‘SAS…

easyJet has announced the launch of a new route to the popular Greek island of Corfu for summer 2023. The new Liverpool-Corfu route is scheduled to launch on June 4, 2023, with weekly departures on Sundays, offering customers more choice for a beach holiday. Seats are now on sale with fares starting from GBP26.99 at easyJet.com and via the mobile app. The airline has also put its autumn 2023 schedule on sale last week, with tens of thousands of flights between October 1 and November 30 2023. Ali Gayward, easyJet’s UK country manager, said: ‘I am delighted to be announcing…

Jet2.com and Jet2holidays, the UK-based leisure airline and package holiday company, have announced a large increase in its services to Bulgaria (Bourgas) for Summer 23, with more flights and holidays from four UK bases. In addition, Jet2holidays has also announced an expanded portfolio of hotels on sale to the popular destination for next summer. The move comes as Bulgaria (Bourgas) has emerged as the second best value for money holiday hotspot according to the latest Post Office Holiday Money Report 2022. In response to this, Jet2 has added thousands of additional seats to Bulgaria (Bourgas) for Summer 23 with extra…

Budget airline Ryanair has announced its biggest ever schedule at Bristol Airport for 2023, with flights to 33 international destinations. New routes for next year include Bydgoszcz, Porto, Marseille and Venice, which will see the company achieve a 10 percent a growth on its 2022 operation. The number of flights to existing destinations, including Dublin, Limoges, Milan and Palma will also be increased, taking the total number of flights out of Bristol to more than 290 a week. To assist the expansion, Ryanair has added a fifth aircraft to its fleet, which now includes two environmentally efficient Boeing 737 8-200…

easyJet, the UK-based regional airline, has announced the introduction of a new summer service from Jersey to Amsterdam – its first-ever international route from the Island. The new route will join existing services from Jersey to London Gatwick, London Luton, Manchester, Liverpool and Glasgow as well as summer routes to Edinburgh and Belfast. The new summer service is scheduled to launch on April 1, 2023, operating twice weekly on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Seats are currently on sale at easyJet.com and via the mobile App, with fares starting from £24.99 one way per person including taxes. One of Europe’s most vibrant…

Emirates has announced an expansion of its operations to Dubai from Gatwick Airport with the addition of a third daily A380 flight. The expansion will add over an additional 1,000 seats to/from Gatwick to Dubai, every day. The new Emirates flight EK11 will depart Dubai at 2:50hrs, flight EK15 will depart at 7:40hrs and flight EK09 will depart at 14:25hrs – offering customers more flexibility and travel choices. Emirates currently serves the UK with 119 weekly flights across seven UK hubs including: six times daily to London Heathrow; three times daily to London Gatwick; daily service to London Stansted; three…

easyJet has announced that it will launch a new summer route between Belfast and the popular Greek island of Rhodes for summer 2023. The new route between Belfast and Rhodes is scheduled to launch on June, 2023, with twice weekly departures on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Seats go on sale at easyJet.com and via the mobile app from December 7. The airline has also has announced its plans for expansion at Belfast International Airport, with the addition of a new Airbus A320 family aircraft. The new 186-seat A320neo aircraft will be based in Belfast throughout the summer season, and it joins…

Ryanair has announced that it will be offering more flights to Ireland and Spain from Cardiff Airport next summer. The Irish low-fares airline will offer daily flights to Dublin, as well as extend the service between Cardiff and Malaga to operate all summer from April until October. This expansion is in addition to Ryanair’s year-round flights to Faro from Cardiff. While Dublin offers various popular tourist attractions like the Guinness Storehouse, Temple Bar, Malahide Castle and Gardens or the Irish Museum of Modern Art, the Alternative Dublin City team take travellers on events, walking tours, art classes, photo walks and…

Virgin Atlantic has recently announced that it will begin flying to the islands of the Maldives as well as Turks and Caicos in 2023, offering Brits an opportunity to explore beautiful beaches and fine snorkelling and scuba diving experiences. Virgin Atlantic will launch a winter seasonal three-times weekly service to the Maldives from London Heathrow, which will go on sale on November 30 2022, and commence on October 22, 2023. The airline will also launch a year-round twice weekly service to the Turks and Caicos which will go on sale from January 11, 2023, for flights starting on November 15,…