More than 27,700 flights are scheduled to depart UK airports during the upcoming October half-term break, according to new data from aviation analytics firm Cirium. Between 24 October and 2 November 2025, airlines are set to offer over five million seats, marking a 2% increase on the same period ...

UK airports are bracing for their busiest day of the year on Friday 29 August, according to aviation analytics firm Cirium. A total of 3,271 flights are scheduled to depart, offering more than half a million seats. The figure marks the highest number of UK departures since October 2019, just befor...

Finnair strengthens its Southern European network and starts scheduled flights to Catania, Florence, Valencia and the Greek island Kos in summer 2026. Catania, Florence and Valencia are new destinations, while Kos has been previously operated as a charter flight. Christine Rovelli, Finnair's c...

easyJet today celebrated the opening of its new base at Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández airport. The budget airline claimed the opening of the new hub strengthens its presence in Spain, where it now has four bases. The first flight operated by Alicante-based aircraft and crew took off on Sunday...

The Scandinavian airline Norwegian is expanding its range of flights from Munich with immediate effect. In addition to its three Scandinavian destinations of Oslo, Stockholm and Copenhagen, it will begin serving Alicante and Malaga again from the start of April, having suspended flights to these ...

airBaltic announces that today it is launching direct flights between Riga and Alicante. Overall, for the winter season of 2023/2024, airBaltic is offering 13 routes from Riga, Tallinn, Vilnius, and Tampere, including direct flights from the seasonal base of Gran Canaria to 10 airports in Norther...

easyJet has announced it will relaunch its route from London Southend to Alicante, which last operated in 2020. On sale from today, the re-started route to the popular holiday hotspot on the Costa Blanca coast adds further choice for customers throughout the year looking to explore its quaint old...

London Southend Airport Business Development Director, Nigel Mayes, says that Summer 2023 flights to Alicante are an ‘obvious win’ for airlines. He said, “We are working tirelessly to get an Alicante service back into our schedules for 2023 and beyond given its proven success. This route wi...

Brussels Airport welcomed more than 1.5 million passengers during April, an increase of 527% compared to April 2021 and a decrease of 31% compared to April 2019 (before the Covid crisis). This is the highest number of passengers since the start of the crisis in March 2020. Air cargo volumes ar...