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.

New routes for FlyGlobespan

FlyGlobespan have put five new routes on sale, including flights to Turkey, Egypt and the Canary Islands. They have added flights to Dalaman, Turkey (starting in May 2009) from Edinburgh, Glasgow (International) and Aberdeen. From Aberdeen they will also launch flights to Sharm El Sheikh and Las Palmas in December 2008.

Additional Clickair routes from Seville

clickair will launch two new routes from their Seville base to the Canary Islands. From 30 March 2008 they will begin flying from Seville to Tenerife (North) and Las Palmas. At the same time, they will also add flights from Barcelona to Milan (Malpensa).

New Canary Island routes for Vueling

Vueling, the Spanish low-cost airline, will begin flights to the Canary Islands this summer. From mid-March 2008 they will fly from Madrid to Tenerife (North) and Las Palmas, and from Barcelona to Las Palmas. In March they will also launch routes from Barcelona to Ibiza and Mahon, and from Malaga to Bilbao. All of these new routes are available to book now at www.vueling.com.

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).

Paris to the Canary Islands with Transavia

Transavia have put two weekly winter flights on sale from their Paris (Orly) base to the Canary Islands. From mid-December 2007, they will fly from Paris (Orly) to Las Palmas and Tenerife (Sur) for the winter season. These flights are available to book now at www.transavia.com.

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.

Norwegian winter flights to the Canary Islands

Norwegian Air Shuttle will begin flying from their Oslo (International) base to Tenerife (Sur) and Las Palmas this winter. They will begin flying (weekly and twice weekly respectively) from 27 October 2007. Flights can be booked at www.norwegian.no.

Stering to fly to Brussels

Scandinavian low-cost airline Sterling will begin flying to Brussels (International) from their various bases in Scandinavia. From the end of October 2007, they will begin flying to Brussels (International) from Stockholm (Arlanda), Oslo (International) and Copenhagen.

They will also launch new flights from Gothenburg (Landvetter) to Las Palmas and from Copenhagen to Funchal. All of these flights can be booked now at www.sterlingticket.com.

Rotterdam to Gran Canaria with Transavia

Transavia have put a new route on sale from Rotterdam to Las Palmas. They will begin flying weekly from 25 April 2007. Flights can be booked at www.transavia.com.

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.

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.

SmartWings to fly to Las Palmas

SmartWings will launch a new route from Prague to Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) on 14 January 2006.

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).