New Routes

Ryanair : from Granada Airport, to East Midlands Airport in Nottingham. The airline will fly the link three times a week. The company is currently offering a promotional price of 2.99 €.

EasyJet will begin flying to Brussels (International) from their Geneva base, and flights will begin on 29 June 2007. This may come as a surprise to many, because Brussels (International) is frequently avoided by low-cost airlines due to the expense of landing there.

VLM: has announced that it will be launching an extra return service between London City Airport and Manchester on March 1st.The airline announced a new service between Rotterdam and Manchester last December, which is set to begin on February 26th.

Monarch: Flights in Monarch's 2007/2008 winter schedule from Birmingham and Luton - which includes increased service on many routes - are now on sale at www.flymonarch.com.

Blue Air: Romanian low-cost airline Blue Air will begin flights from the Romanian city of Cluj-Napoca to Barcelona. They will begin flying from 27 March 2007.

The new Spanish low-cost airline Clickair will go into direct competition with Vueling with their latest route announcement. From 26 March 2007, clickair will operate flights from Malaga to Bilbao, which is also a route offered by rival Vueling.

Norwegian Air Shuttle will begin flights from Oslo (International) to Palma. Their new weekly flights will begin on 12 May 2007. Tickets are on sale at www.norwegian.no.

Air Berlin will begin flights from their Berlin (Tegel) base to Gothenburg (Saeve). They will fly six times per week from 02 May 2006, and flights can be booked now at www.airberlin.com.

No-frills airline bmibaby will begin a new route from Birmingham to Jersey as part of an expansion drive at the West Midlands airport. From May 24, flights will operate four times a week, on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, with the frequency likely to increase to twice daily over the coming 12 months. There will be another new route between Cardiff and Murcia. They will fly twice per week from 27 March 2007.

Thomsonfly, Cardiff's biggest operator with a total of 27 routes, is increasing capacity to Jersey and introducing a new route to Barcelona from May 25, with a lead flight price of £22.99.

Aer Arann, which has been building up its network from Cardiff since last year with flights to Cork, Dublin, Galway and Lorient in Brittany, adds a second route to France, to Nantes, from March in time for the Rugby World Cup. The airline's typical UK flights to Nantes cost from £49 one way including taxes.

Flybe is a new base carrier at Cardiff International from May, starting out with flights to Belfast City. It is a considerably large carrier, having absorbed British Airways' regional arm, BA Connect. Its Belfast City route could cost around £20 for a one-way flight, including taxes and charges.

First Choice is seeing excellent bookings for niche products like cruise packages. It adds Kos in Greece from Cardiff this summer. Prices have not yet been announced.