New short-haul routes from Britain this summer
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A comprehensive list of new, short-haul flights from UK airports that are due to start from 30 March onwards, the official start date for summer schedules.
To be included in this list, a flight must be an entirely new city pair rather than a route that has been revived. It must also be a scheduled route, rather than a charter.
BELGIUM
- Exeter – Brussels, Flybe, 8 May
- Southend – Ostend, Flywatch, 12 July
CROATIA
- Bristol - Split, EasyJet, 26 April
- Exeter – Dubrovnik, Flybe, 4 May
CYPRUS
- Durham – Paphos, Flyglobespan, 2 April
- Leeds Bradford – Paphos, Jet, 24 May
- Manchester – Larnaca, Monarch, 18 May
DENMARK
- Birmingham - Billund, Ryanair,17 June
- Edinburgh – Billund, Ryanair, September
FRANCE
- Belfast City (George Best) – Paris CDG, Flybe, 30 March
- Belfast International – Nice, Aer Lingus, 1 April
- Birmingham – Biarritz, Ryanair, 1 July
- Birmingham - Dinard, Ryanair, 7 June
- Birmingham - Marseille Provence MP2, Ryanair, 1 May
- Birmingham - Perpignan, Ryanair, 2 July
- Birmingham - Poitiers, Ryanair, 17 June
- Bournemouth – Marseille Provence MP2, Ryanair, 4 May
- Bournemouth – Nantes (Brittany), Ryanair, 3 April
- Bristol - Beziers, Ryanair, 31 March
- Bristol - Bergerac, Ryanair, 16 May
- Bristol – Biarritz, Easy Jet, 23 April
- Bristol – Pau (Pyrenees), Ryanair,16 May
- Edinburgh – La Rochelle, Jet 2, 17 May
- Edinburgh – Marseille Provence MP2, Ryanair, 31 March
- Edinburgh – Toulouse, Jet 2, 24 May
- Edinburgh – Rennes, Flybe, 3 May
- Glasgow – La Rochelle, Flybe, 3 May
- Glasgow (Prestwick) - Marseille Provence MP2, Ryanair, 3 May
- Jersey – Nice, Flybe, 24 May
- Leeds Bradford – Avignon, Jet2, 24 May
- Leeds Bradford – La Rochelle, Jet2, 24 May
- Liverpool – Bergerac, Ryanair, 1 April
- Liverpool – Nantes (Brittany), Ryanair, 1 April
- London Gatwick – Biarritz, EasyJet, 4 July
- London Luton – Brest Brittany, Ryanair, 1 April
- London Stansted – Angouleme (Cognac), Ryanair, 1 April
- Manchester – Marseille Provence MP2, Ryanair, 2 April
- Newcastle – Rennes, Flybe, 24 May
GERMANY
- Birmingham – Hamburg, Lufthansa, 31 March
- Bristol - Frankfurt, Lufthansa, 30 March
- Edinburgh – Berlin (Schonefeld), Ryanair, September
- Edinburgh – Bremen, Ryanair, 2 April
- Edinburgh – Frankfurt (Hahn), Ryanair, 1 April
- Leeds Bradford – Lubeck, Jet, 21 May
- Manchester – Bremen, Ryanair, 1 April
GREECE
- Leeds Bradford – Crete (Heraklion), Jet2, 20 May
IRELAND
- Plymouth – Cork, Air Southwest, 26 April
- Plymouth – Dublin, Air Southwest, 26 April
ITALY
- Birmingham – Bologna (Forli), Ryanair, 20 June
- Birmingham – Milan (Orio al Serio), Bmibaby, 1 April
- Birmingham – Olbia (Sardinia), Ryanair, 4 July
- Birmingham – Pisa (Florence), Ryanair, 2 April
- Birmingham – Trapani (Sicily), Ryanair, 2 July
- Birmingham – Trieste, Ryanair, 18 June
- Bournemouth – Pisa (Florence), Ryanair, 15 April
- Bristol – Olbia (Sardinia), EasyJet, 26 April
- East Midlands – Alghero (Sardinia), Ryanair, 30 March
- East Midlands – Rimini, Ryanair, 31 March
- Edinburgh – Pisa (Florence), Ryanair, 15 April
- Leeds Bradford – Olbia (Sardinia), Jet2, 3 May
- Liverpool – Alghero (Sardinia), Ryanair, 1 April
- Manchester – Milan (Orio al Serio), Ryanair, 10 April
LITHUANIA
- Liverpool – Kaunas, Ryanair, 31 March
NORWAY
- Birmingham – Oslo (Torp), Ryanair, 17 June
POLAND
- Birmingham - Bydgoszcz, Ryanair, 4 July
- Birmingham - Gdansk, Ryanair, 1 July
- Birmingham – Rzeszow, Ryanair, 18 June
- Birmingham – Warsaw, Bmibaby, 27 May
- Bournemouth - Wroclaw, Ryanair, 3 April
- Cardiff – Gdansk, Bmibaby, 1 April
- Doncaster – Warsaw, WizzAir, 1 April
- East Midlands – Gdansk, Bmibaby, 1 April
- Edinburgh – Krakow, Ryanair, September
- Edinburgh – Lodz, Ryanair, September
- Edinburgh – Poznan, Ryanair, September
- Edinburgh – Wroclaw, Ryanair, September
- London City – Warsaw, British Airways, May
- London Gatwick – Poznan, British Airways, 30 March
PORTUGAL
- Birmingham - Porto, Ryanair, 20 June
- Durham – Faro, Flyglobespan, 1 April
SLOVAKIA
- Birmingham – Bratislava (Vienna), Ryanair, 1 June
- Edinburgh – Bratislava (Vienna), Ryanair, September
SPAIN
- Birmingham - Barcelona (Girona), Ryanair, 1 April
- Birmingham – Barcelona (Reus), Ryanair, 18 June
- Blackpool – Ibiza, Jet, 23 July
- Bournemouth - Malaga, Ryanair, 4 April
- Bournemouth – Murcia (Alicante), Ryanair, 4 April
- Bournemouth – Palma Majorca, Ryanair, 3 April
- Glasgow (Prestwick) – Barcelona (Reus), Ryanair, 1 April
- Leeds Bradford – Madrid, Jet2, 2 May
- Liverpool – Santiago De Compostela, Ryanair, 3 April
- London City – Barcelona, British Airways, May
- London Stansted – Almeria, Ryanair, 30 March
- Manchester – Barcelona (Girona), Ryanair, 2 April
- Newcastle – Murcia, EasyJet, 17 May
- Newquay – Barcelona (Girona), Ryanair, 1 April
SWEDEN
- Birmingham – Stockholm (Skavsta), Ryanair, 2 July
- Edinburgh – Stockholm (Skavsta), Ryanair, September
TURKEY
- London Gatwick – Antalya, British Airways, 30 March
UK
- Aberdeen – Jersey, Flybe, 3 May
- Birmingham – Newquay, Flybe, 1 April
- Doncaster – Jersey, Flybe, 3 May
- Durham – Jersey, Flyglobespan, 24 May
- Edinburgh – Bournemouth, Ryanair, September
- Exeter – Inverness, Flybe, 8 May
- Glasgow – Newquay, Flybe, 1 April
- Glasgow – PlymouthAir, Southwest, 26 April
- Inverness – Southampton, Flybe, 8 May
- Leeds Bradford – Jersey, Jet2, 24 May
- London Luton – Jersey, EasyJet, 20 March
- Liverpool – Jersey, EasyJet, 31 March
- Newcastle – Plymouth, Air Southwest, 26 April
- Newcastle – Newquay, Air Southwest, 26 April
- Newquay – Southampton, Flybe, 30 March
Sources: airlines’ websites and press offices, flightmapping.com and in-house records at The Independent.
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