New Routes

Emirates to launch London Stansted service from June 2018

Emirates has announced that it is to launch a new daily route from London Stansted Airport to Dubai on the 8th June 2018.

The daily route will be operated by the airline’s new three-class Boeing 777-300ER aircraft offering customers 6 seats in First Class, 42 in Business Class and 306 in Economy Class. The aircraft is fitted with its game changing, fully enclosed private suites in First Class, as well as refreshed Business and Economy Class cabins.

Flight EK33 will depart Dubai at 09:30hrs and will arrive in London Stansted at 14:10hrs. On its return, flight EK34 will depart London Stansted at 21:10hrs and arrive in Dubai at 07:05 the following day.

Primera Air to launch direct London Stansted to USA flights in 2018

Primera Air is to open a new base at London Stansted Airport and start direct flights to New York, Boston and Toronto. From April 2018, the airline will offer daily services to New York’s Newark Airport and from May 2018 four weekly flights to Boston Logan Airport and three weekly flights to Toronto.

WOW air to launch new service to Iceland and connecting USA destinations, including JFK

WOW air is to launch a new service between London Stansted and Reykjavik that will open up a range of onward connections to popular North American destinations – including New York, Chicago, Miami, San Francisco and Los Angeles – from its Icelandic hub.

Daily flights from London Stansted to Keflavik International Airport will begin at the end of April 2018, with fares to Iceland starting from £29.99 one way and fares for New York via Reykjavik from £125.99 one way.

Jet2.com and Jet2holidays announce expanded winter programme from London Stansted

Jet2.com and Jet2holidays have announced their winter flights and holidays programme from London Stansted Airport for next year, with over 450,000 seats on sale to 18 winter sun, city and ski destinations for Winter 18/19 – including three new winter routes to Antalya, Larnaca and Nice. 

Air Corsica to launch first UK flights at London Stansted from 2018

Air Corsica is to launch its first ever UK service when it begins flying from London Stansted Airport in summer 2018. The flights to Corsica, which begin on May 3rd (to November 4th), will operate up to nine times a week and serve three of the island’s airports – Bastia, Ajacio and Figari.

Fares start from £49 each way, which includes a free hold bag of up to 23kg and a free cabin bag of up to 12kg plus complimentary on-board snacks and drinks. Free seat allocation is also provided.

Air Mediterranean launches first UK service

On November 2, 2017 Greek carrier Air Mediterranean will commence its first UK scheduled service, from London Stansted Airport to Athens. The service will operate up to four times a week using the airline’s fleet of Boeing 737 aircraft.

Fares start from £135 return to the Greek capital and include allocated seating, a 23kg baggage allowance and complimentary inflight meals.

Primera Air to launch London Stansted-USA flights in 2018   

Primera Air is to open a new base at London Stansted and start direct flights to New York and Boston.

From April 2018, the airline will offer daily services to New York’s Newark Airport and  from May 2018 four weekly flights to Boston Logan Airport.

Jet2.com and Jet2holidays expand Summer 2018 programme 

Jet2.com will be increasing capacity at London Stansted Airport by 33% for Summer 2018 - adding 8 brand new summer sun destinations making it a total of 33. The new destinations are: Halkidiki, Bodrum, Costa de Almeria, Kefalonia, Malta, Naples, Nice and Verona.

Ryanair adds four new services to its winter schedule   

Ryanair has announced the start of four new routes from London Stansted Airport starting from August and September 2017 - Aalborg, Frankfurt International, Oradea and Pardubice.

bmi regional - New double daily flights to City of Derry Airport.

Flights to Derry - Londonderry begin on May 2 and will operate every day.

All customers travelling with bmi regional benefit from a free 23kg hold baggage allowance, complimentary drinks & snacks onboard, allocated seating and travel on an all jet fleet.

Ryanair to launch 9 new routes from London Stansted for summer 2017

Copenhagen - operating three times daily from April
Naples - operating once daily from July
Beziers - operating three times weekly from July
Cagliari - operating three times weekly from April
Clermont - operating twice weekly from July
Grenoble - operating three times weekly from July
Nice - operating once daily from July
Nimes - operating four times weekly from April
Strasbourg - operating twice weekly from July

German carrier, Eurowings, will begin flights to Munich this summer

Flights to the Bavarian capital begin on March 31 and will operate every day except Saturdays.

The service will complement the carrier’s existing flights to Stuttgart, Hanover, Cologne and Vienna.

Jet2.com and Jet2holidays land at London Stansted Airport

Jet2.com and Jet2holidays land at London Stansted Airport
Leading leisure airline and package holiday specialist will open their ninth UK base and first in the south of England in spring 2017. A total of 27 fantastic European leisure destinations, including exclusive route to Madeira, are now on sale!

The first flights take off on Thursday 30th March 2017 to Alicante, Faro, Majorca and Lanzarote.

Alicante - operating daily
Antalya - operating twice weekly
Corfu - operating twice weekly
Crete - operating four times a week
Dalaman - operating twice weekly
Dubrovnik - operating three times a week
Faro (Algarve) - operating daily
Fuerteventura - operating three times a week
Geneva - operating five times a week
Girona - operating twice weekly
Gran Canaria - operating three times a week
Ibiza - operating daily
Kos - operating twice weekly
Lanzarote - operating four times a week
Larnaca (Cyprus) - operating three times a week
Madeira - Exclusive to Jet2.com operating twice weekly
Majorca - operating daily
Malaga - operating daily
Menorca - operating four times a week
Paphos (Cyprus) - operating twice weekly
Pula - operating twice weekly
Reus - operating four times a week
Rhodes - operating three times a week
Salzburg - operating three times a week
Split - operating twice weekly
Tenerife - operating six times a week
Zante - operating four times a week

Atlasglobal announces daily flights to Istanbul Atatürk Airport from 30^th October 2016

Prices start from just £86 one-way including complimentary inflight meals and drinks, 30 kg baggage allowance and seat allocation. 

Onward connections are available to other Turkish destinations and North Cyprus as well as destinations in Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Qatar, Kuwait, Dubai, Dagestan, Georgia and more.

British Airways announces new route to the French Alps

British Airways has announced a new twice-weekly winter service to Chambery from the 17th December 2016. Flight tickets from £49 each-way.  

Ryanair adds six new routes to their winter programme 2016:

Timisoara – daily flights from 1st September 2016; Luxemburg – daily flights from 30th October 2016; Hamburg – 2x daily flights from 1st November 2016; Toulouse – daily flights from 1st November 2016; Agadir – 2x weekly flights from 1st November 2016 and Olsztyn Mazury – 3x weekly flights from 1st November 2016.

Thomson launches new Dreamliner flights to Jamaica

Thomson will be launching a new service to Montego Bay, Jamaica starting from 4th May 2017.

Cobalt takes-off from London Stansted.

New Cypriot airline Cobalt takes-off with new daily flights to Larnaca from London Stansted. The new service starts on 8th July 2016.

British Airways starts new routes from London Stansted Airport

British Airways will launch flights from London Stansted to the European sunshine resorts of Faro, Malaga, Palma and Ibiza from the 28th May 2016.

British Airways will also operate a weekly service to Berlin Tegel starting from the 19^th June.  

easyJet introduces new Zakynthos flights from London Stansted Airport

Beginning on 28^th May 2016, easyJet will be flying  to the Greek island of Zakynthos.