New short-haul routes from Britain this summer

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.