Transavia to open Copenhagen base

Transavia, the Dutch low-cost airline, have announced that they will open a base at Copenhagen, in place of the recent bankrupted Danish airline Sterling. From 08 December 2008 they will operate 10 routes from Copenhagen including flights to Malaga, Alicante, Arrecife, Las Palmas, Tenerife (Sur), Faro, Rome (Fiumicino), Nice, Salzburg and Innsbruck.

All of these flights are available to book now at www.transavia.com.

Norwegian to launch flights to the Canary Islands

From 13 October 2008 Norwegian Air Shuttle will begin flying from their Oslo (International) base to Arrecife. They will be operating weekly flights on this route.

easyJet to expand at Gatwick and Manchester

easyJet have put 23 new routes on sale from their London (Gatwick) base, and have also put their first flights on sale from Manchester. This additional capacity comes largely from consolidating their recent purchase of GB Airways, and includes a number of former GB routes. The new routes from Gatwick include flights to Ajaccio, Bastia, Arrecife, Tenerife (Sur), Las Palmas, Funchal, Gibraltar, Malta, Montpellier, Nantes, Paphos, Rhodos, Heraklion and Mykonos. They also include flights to Dalaman (Turkey), Hurghada and Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt).

From the end of March 2008, easyJet will begin flights from Manchester. These will include flights to Innsbruck, Heraklion, Malta, Paphos and Tenerife (Sur).

Clickair to begin Canary Island flights

clickair will begin flying to the Canary Islands from their Barcelona base next year. From 23 January 2008, they will begin flying from Barcelona to Arrecife, and from 26 January to Fuerteventura. Flights are available to book on these new routes immediately.

New Canary Island routes for easyJet

From the end of October 2007, easyJet will launch new routes to the Canary Islands. These will include flights from Madrid to Fuerteventura and Arrecife and from Geneva to Las Palmas.

Jet2 winter sun destinations on sale

Jet2 have just put part of their 2007 winter timetable on sale. This includes flights from Leeds Bradford to Arrecife and Las Palmas, from Manchester to Las Palmas, Tenerife (Sur) and Arrecife, from Newcastle to Arrecife and Las Palmas, from Belfast (International) to Tenerife (Sur) and Las Palmas and from Blackpool to Tenerife (Sur). The timetable comes into effect from the end of October.

Durham to Lanzarote with FlyGlobespan

FlyGlobespan will begin flying from their Durham Tees Valley base to Arrecife this winter. They will begin flying weekly from 04 November 2007.

Air Scotland add winter Canary Island links

Air Scotland will launch flights from their Glasgow (International) and Manchester bases to the Canary Islands this winter. From 31 October 2006, they will fly weekly to Arrecife and Las Palmas.

Edinburgh to Lanzarote with FlyGlobespan

From 02 November 2006, FlyGlobespan will fly weekly between Edinburgh and Arrecife. The remainder of their winter timetable is also gradually going on sale.

Air Berlin make Zurich a new hub

Air Berlin, recently voted “best low-cost airline in the world” in a survey by Skytrax, will launch 5 new routes from Zurich on 04 November 2006. The new routes to Spain and Madeira include Arrecife, Fuerteventura, Las Palmas, Tenerife and Funchal.

Air Berlin will become the 2nd largest operator of routes at Zurich. These new routes can already be booked at www.airberlin.com.

Jet2 to fly to Lanzarote

Jet2 will begin flying from their Leeds Bradford base to Arrecife (Lanzarote) from 02 November 2006. They intend to fly twice per week.

Monarch Scheduled adds flights to Lanzarote

Monarch Scheduled will launch 2 new routes to Arrecife in Lanzarote at the beginning of May 2006. They will fly from London (Gatwick) and Manchester.

Monarch Scheduled to fly from Manchester to Lanzarote

Monarch Scheduled will launch a route between Manchester and Arrecife on 29 October 2006. They will fly twice per week during the winter 2006/07 season.

Nexus Airways - a new British low-cost carrier?

Nexus Airways is set to be a new low-cost carrier, set up by 18 year old Daniel Reilly.

Flights are due to begin on 01 November 2005 from Liverpool to Tenerife (Sur), Fuerteventura, Arrecife (Lanzarote) and Las Palmas (Gran Canaria).

Flights will be added to our database in due course, if the operation gets off the ground.

Monarch Scheduled adds Canary Island routes

The low-cost arm, Monarch Scheduled, of the charter carrier Monarch, has announced further expansion into the Canary Islands.

From 1 November 2004, they will launch 2 new routes from London (Luton) to Arrecife (Lanzarote) and Las Palmas (Gran Canaria). This is in addition to their already established route to Tenerife (Sur), making Luton a new hub for UK low-cost flying to the Canary Islands.

MyTravel Lite announces routes to Canary Islands

MyTravel Lite have announced that this winter they will begin flights from Birmingham (International) to Arrecife (Lanzarote) and Las Palmas (Gran Canaria). Flights will commence on 31 October 2004.

Sterling puts winter timetable on sale

Sterling have put their winter timetable on sale, with flights now available until the end of April 2005. New routes for the winter include Billund to Las Palmas (Gran Canaria), Arrecife (Lanzarote) and Tenerife (Sur) and Copenhagen to Arrecife (Lanzarote).