Manchester Airport’s Group Ken O’Toole will be spending more time in London and Dublin following the sale of London Stansted from LHR Airports Ltd.
Despite the global economic malaise, 2012 was a record-breaking year for route development. In 2013, Ryanair and Southwest are amongst the airline “usual suspects” with the most additional services on their respective new routes list.
Monarch Airlines inaugurates six skiing routes to Germany and France.
easyJet launches four-weekly service from Newcastle to Amsterdam; adds seasonal services from London Southend to Geneva, and from London Gatwick to Turin.
anna.aero reports from Friedrichshafen in southern Germany, which last week saw the arrival of Santa onboard Monarch Airlines’ inaugural flight from London Gatwick.
Monarch Airlines commences four-weekly flights from London Gatwick to Friedrichshafen Bodensee.
Norwegian now flies from Las Palmas on Gran Canaria to regional airports in the Nordic countries.
Air Arabia Maroc connects London Gatwick with both Casablanca and Tangier; launches services from Marrakech to Milan Bergamo.
British Airways commences services from London Gatwick to Las Vegas; adds Alicante and Marseille to its London Heathrow network.
easyJet connects Basel with Brussels, Budapest and Manchester; adds Tallinn and Luxembourg to London Gatwick network; launches flights from Newcastle to Amsterdam.
Aer Lingus now flies from Dublin Airport in Ireland to Copenhagen Airport in Denmark, and moves to Belfast City Airport, George Best.
