Thrilling new UK and European airline routes for December and past

Editorial Team December 1, 2023

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Thrilling new UK and European airline routes for December and past

As 2023 attracts to an in depth, there is a slew of recent U.Okay. and European routes launching in December and the not-so-distant way forward for 2024.

We’ve already shouted from the hilltops about a few of these routes, and so they had been noteworthy sufficient for their very own stand-alone tales (although we’ll cowl them once more beneath). We’ll additionally discuss you thru a couple of others you might need missed — notably these serving regional U.Okay. hubs exterior of massive cities like London, a smattering of recent providers opening up in mainland Europe and some revived routes.

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Air Canada

In October, Air Canada resumed its each day direct service between London’s Heathrow Airport (LHR) and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Worldwide Airport (BOM) in Mumbai.

For summer time 2024, the airline will add a brand new direct service to Stockholm Arlanda Airport (ARN) from each Montreal-Trudeau Worldwide Airport (YUL) and Toronto Pearson Airport (YYZ). The Toronto service will function twice weekly from June 12, 2024, with the Montreal service set to fly to the Swedish capital 3 times weekly from June 14, 2024.

British Airways

Final month, British Airways added a brand new service from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Fuerteventura Airport (FUE) in Spain’s Canary Islands; the brand new twice-weekly service is because of turn into 3 times weekly from Feb. 28, 2024. The airline additionally returned to Egypt’s Sharm El Sheikh Worldwide Airport (SSH) for the winter season, flying the route 3 times every week throughout December.

In the meantime, in 2024, British Airways will relaunch its route from Heathrow to Abu Dhabi Worldwide Airport (AUH) on April 20, with the route already open for bookings. This revived route comes sizzling on the heels of the opening of Abu Dhabi Worldwide Airport’s new Terminal A.

Corendon Airways

Turkish provider Corendon plans to launch two weekly flights to Heraklion Airport (HER) in Crete, Greece, from each Gatwick and Manchester Airport (MAN) for the summer time of 2024. The airline may even be including flights to Turkey’s Antalya Airport (AYT) from London Stansted Airport (STN) to its summer time program.

EasyJet

EasyJet will take to the skies with two brand-new routes from Stansted to Geneva Airport (GVA) and Zurich Airport (ZRH) from Dec. 16. The flights will function twice weekly all through winter. Then, to kick off 2024, the airline will launch its weekly service to Salzburg, Austria, on Jan. 13.

Elsewhere, the low-cost provider has introduced ahead the launch of its new Birmingham Airport (BHX) base to mid-March 2024, when it is going to debut 16 new routes to the U.Okay., Europe and North Africa.

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Companies will embody AYT, Alicante Airport (ALC) and Tenerife North Airport (TFN), with twice-weekly flights to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER), Dalaman Airport (DLM) and Corfu Worldwide Airport (CFU). There shall be weekly providers to SSH, HER and Rhodes Airport (RHO).

Different new EasyJet routes for summer time 2024 embody twice-weekly providers from Southampton Airport (SOU) and Belfast Metropolis Airport (BHD) to Alicante beginning March 31 and Might 2, respectively. We’ll additionally see the return of twice-weekly flights between Newcastle Worldwide Airport (NCL) and ALC, London Luton Airport (LTN) and Manchester to Reus Airport (REU) in Catalonia, Spain, from April 2.

Additional new providers will roll out in Liverpool, England (April 1); Belfast, Northern Eire (April 20); and Glasgow, Scotland (Might 2), with new year-round flights to Tunisia’s Enfidha-Hammamet Worldwide Airport (NBE) working twice weekly.

Bristol, England, will see its new EasyJet providers to Malta Worldwide Airport (MLA) start in the course of the Easter weekend; providers from Glasgow to Larnaca Worldwide Airport (LCA) and from Southampton to Faro Worldwide Airport (FAO) will launch Might 4 and June 6, respectively.

Finnair

Subsequent yr, service from Finnair’s Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Chubu Centrair Worldwide Airport (NGO) in Nagoya, Japan, will return; this service will function for the primary time since 2020, when the route was suspended because of the pandemic. The revived route will take to the skies beginning Might 30, with twice-weekly flights.

The return of the Nagoya route will enhance Finnair’s complete weekly flights to Japan to twenty. It’s going to complement the airline’s different routes from Helsinki to Tokyo’s Haneda Airport (HND) and Narita Worldwide Airport (NRT), in addition to to Itami Airport (ITM) in Osaka, Japan.

Icelandair

The Icelandic provider will introduce a slew of recent North American cities to its route community for 2024, with flights from Reykjavik’s Keflavik Worldwide Airport (KEF) to Pittsburgh Worldwide Airport (PIT) working 4 occasions weekly from mid-Might to the tip of October.

We’ll additionally see the restoration of its providers between Reykjavik and Halifax Stanfield Worldwide Airport (YHZ) in Nova Scotia; it is set to start three providers per week from Might 31 to mid-October — a route final operated by Icelandair in 2018.

Jet2

Jet2 has quite a few new routes deliberate for 2024. Particularly, it seems to be to be boosting its connections from Scottish airports.

Alongside elevated frequency on current routes, Edinburgh Airport (EDI) may have a brand new twice-weekly service to Rome Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci Airport (FCO) from March 8 and a weekly service to Malta from Might 1.

There may even be a weekly Saturday flight to France’s Chambery Airport (CMF) between Feb. 10 and April 6, in addition to providers between Oct. 3, 2024, and March 27, 2025.

Persevering with with the Scottish theme, weekly providers to Verona Villafranca Airport (VRN) will start from Glasgow between Might 8 and Sept. 25.

Elsewhere, the airline is including six new U.Okay.-to-Morocco routes as follows:

To Agadir:

From Oct. 3, 2024, to Nov. 16, 2025: Two weekly flights from Birmingham, Manchester and Stansted
From Oct. 3, 2024, to Nov. 13, 2025: One weekly flight from Leeds, England
From Oct. 6, 2024, to Nov. 13, 2025: Two weekly flights from Bristol
From Nov. 3, 2024, and Nov. 12, 2025: Two weekly flights from Glasgow

To Marrakech:

From Oct. 4 to Nov. 14: Two weekly flights from Birmingham, Manchester and Stansted
From Nov. 4 to Apr 28, 2025: Two weekly flights from Glasgow

Birmingham will see its roster bolstered by service to Tivat Airport (TIV) between Might 2 and Oct. 31, with twice-weekly service to Mytilene Worldwide Airport (MJT) in Lesbos, Greece, from Might 26 till Oct. 6.

Lastly, service to Ibiza Airport (IBZ) shall be added from Might 16 for the summer time season from Birmingham Airport (BHX), Bristol Airport (BRS), East Midlands Airport (EMA), Edinburgh Airport (EDI), Glasgow Airport (GLA), Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA), Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL), London Stansted Airport (STN), Manchester Airport (MAN) and Newcastle Worldwide Airport (NCL).

JetBlue

Increasing its transatlantic operations in 2024, JetBlue will launch each day flights to John F. Kennedy Worldwide Airport (JFK) from Edinburgh (Might 23) and Dublin (March 14), with an extra route from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Boston Logan Worldwide Airport (BOS). The flights will run all through the summer time till Sept. 30.

Qantas

The Australian airline will launch its long-awaited nonstop flights between Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) and Perth Airport (PER) on July 12, 2024; it’s going to function 4 weekly flights till mid-August when the schedule shall be adjusted to 3 weekly flights.

Ryanair

Low-cost goliath Ryanair has added many new routes for its 2023-2024 winter schedule.

First, there’s Cornwall Airport Newquay (NQY) to DUB, FAO and Malaga-Costa del Sol Airport (AGP). Second, there is a new Newquay-to-Stansted connection that may run year-round.

Vacationers departing Leeds will profit from a brand new path to Porto, Portugal. Bristol Airport (BRS) receives two new routes to Porto Airport (OPO) and Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE); Manchester has new providers to BHD, Plovdiv Worldwide Airport (PDV), Tribhuvan Worldwide Airport (TIA), VCE and Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW) this winter. Birmingham sees new providers to Budapest Ferenc Liszt Worldwide Airport (BUD), Girona-Costa Brava Airport (GRO), Seville Airport (SVQ) and Valencia Airport (VLC).

These wishing to fly from the capital have seven new providers: There are new flights from Gatwick, Luton and Stansted to BHD, EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg (BSL), Ouarzazate Airport (OZZ), Poprad-Tatry Airport (TAT), Tirana Worldwide Airport (TIA), Treviso Airport (TSF) and Vigo Airport (VGO).

Lastly, Newcastle’s winter 2023-2024 schedule will embody one new path to Paphos Worldwide Airport (PFO).

Swiss Worldwide Airways

Swiss is launching its first nonstop service between ZRH and Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM), with six weekly flights from Jan. 22, 2024.

Vietnam Airways

Roaring again into operation final month, Vietnam Airways noticed the return of its each day nonstop flights from Heathrow; there are 4 weekly providers to Hanoi and three weekly providers to Tan Son Nhat Worldwide Airport (SGN) in Ho Chi Minh Metropolis.

Virgin Atlantic

Whereas Virgin’s awaited Sao Paulo service has now been delayed to 2025, the airline has made headway with its November launch of a brand new year-round biweekly service to Providenciales Worldwide Airport (PLS) in Turks and Caicos. At current, the airline remains to be anticipated to launch each day flights to Kempegowda Worldwide Airport Bengaluru (BLR) from March 31, 2024.

Later within the yr, we’ll additionally see a summer time service to Las Vegas’ Harry Reid Worldwide Airport (LAS) from Manchester, taking to the air from June 2 and working twice weekly.

WestJet

WestJet plans to launch a summer time route between Gatwick and Canada’s St. John’s Worldwide Airport (YYT) on Might 1 and Oct. 25, 2024. That is along with new Edinburgh-Canada flights connecting the Scottish capital with Toronto and Halifax from Jun 21 and Might 14, respectively.

Wizz Air

Wizz Air will achieve a brand new service connecting Luton to Salzburg Airport (SZG) on Feb. 8, 2024, good for any budding skiers on the market. There may even be a Luton service to France’s Grenoble Alpes Isere Airport (GNB) from Jan. 14, working as soon as every week.

Backside line

There’s loads to look ahead to in 2024 when you’re based mostly within the U.Okay. or Europe, with a slew of recent routes on supply from each funds and premium airways.

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