UK airports get 120 new services

More than 120 new air services will begin from UK airports over the next three months, it was announced yesterday.

The new routes are spread across 27 separate UK airports, according to airline network organisation anna.aero.

Manchester Airport, with 16, has the most new routes, followed by Gatwick (15) and Heathrow (12). Jet2, which starts a new base at Glasgow this summer, is the airline with the most new routes (24), followed by Ryanair (19) and EasyJet (13).

British Airways is starting eight new services, including Buenos Aires and San Diego from Heathrow and Malaga and Marrakech from Gatwick.

Flybe, bmibaby and bmi are all starting new routes.