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Top new flight routes in 2025
New routes from UK airports like London, Edinburgh and Manchester, including Italy holidays, new Spain destinations, and new flights to Canada
There are at least 50 new routes launching from airports across the UK in 2025, which means plenty of inspiration for your getaway.
From new opportunities to travel to North America to re-opened routes into Tbilisi, Georgia, there’s much to get excited about, whether you’re flying with BA, Jet2, Tui, easyJet, or another smaller airline.
Those planning ahead for a summer holiday will also find dozens of new summer holiday destinations launching at regional hubs such as Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cardiff, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool, Newcastle.
Some routes are even planned ahead for late 2025, meaning organised travellers can plan late-autumn escapes to the likes of Marrakech and the Canary Islands – or even Christmas market city breaks in destinations including Krakow, Prague and Vienna.
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New routes from London in 2025
After a 12 year break, BA will resume its flights between Tbilisi and London Heathrow Airport from 30 March 2025, flying four times per week.
Italy’s also on the menu, as BA adds flights to Olbia, Italy from London City airport; to Rimini from London Heathrow, and to Salerno from London Gatwick from May 2025. easyJet also has plans for flights to the Georgian capital in summer 2025, departing from London Luton twice per week, starting from April.
That’s along with new flights between Rimini, Italy and London Gatwick (from 16 April), and between Almeria, Spain and London Luton (from 1 June). You’ll be able to fly to Marrakech from London Stansted starting this December with Jet2, but looking further ahead, the airline will also fly passengers from Stansted to Pula, Croatia and Bergen, Norway from 2 May. Looking ahead to 2026, new routes will open to the Spanish city of Jerez de la Frontera.
With Tui, there’ll be new opportunities to fly to the Tunisian town of Enfidha from Stansted, along with 33 weekly flights to 13 other destinations. There’ll also be flights to Porto from Gatwick, and Luton to Paphos, both in support of Tui cruise programmes.
For something further afield, look to Air Canada, which will operate flights to Ottawa from Heathrow, starting at the end of March 2025.
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New routes from Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen
From April 2025 you’ll no longer need to travel to Edinburgh to fly to Malta, as Ryanair will operate a new flight route twice-weekly from Glasgow. The airline has also announced flights to Krakow from Aberdeen, starting April 2 next year. Jet2’s new Edinburgh routes for 2025 include: Prague (January), Bergen (May), Bourgas (May), and Sicily (October).
Starting from 2026 the airline will also fly to Kalamata and Kefalonia, Greece and Girona, Spain. There’ll also be flights from Glasgow to Budapest, starting from next December.
easyJet will also expand its offerings from Edinburgh airport, to include flights to Enfidha, Tunisia; Olbia, Italy; and Marrakech, Morocco from May. Over on the west coast, the airline will fly out to Antalya, Turkey and Reus, Spain from Glasgow Airport starting June 2025.
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New flights from Belfast
Following the launch of several new routes this winter, to the likes of Prague, Marrakech and Fuertaventua, Belfast has also announced new twice-weekly flights to Reus, Spain from April with easyJet.
New flights from Manchester
From May 2025, head to Jerez, Pula or Salerno on the Amalfi coast with Jet2.
Tui will fly passengers to Verona from March, and later in the year will see additional routes to Marrakech, Agadir and Berlin.
Routes to Izmir, Madrid and Kalamata, among others, will also be on offer with easyJet starting from June.
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New flights from Birmingham
Jet2’s new routes to Jerez, Salerno and Pula will also depart from Birmingham airport, but will begin operating from August, September and October 2025 respectively – along with an additional route to Porto later in the year, too. With easyJet, passengers will also be able to fly to Gran Canaria twice-weekly starting in May, and to Malta from June.
New flights from Bournemouth
Bournemouth Airport will see at least 25 new Jet2 services departing from Bournemouth throughout 2025, with highlights including Canary Islands like Gran Canaria, Tenerife and Lanzarote (May) and Fuertaventura in time for late-autumn getaways.
There will also be new routes to Turkey’s Dalaman and Antalya from August/September, Portugal’s Faro and Madeira from June, along with Greek getaways to Zante, Rhodes, Crete and more.
New flights from East Midlands
From 2025, travellers based in the East Midlands will have access to the coastal city of Burgas in Bulgaria, along with Boa Vista in West Africa’s Cape Verde, both flying with Tui. New flights from Leeds
Starting in April, Leeds Bradford airport will operate flights to Malaga and Palma with easyJet, and then later in June, to Jerez with Jet2. Later in the year, flight routes to Cologne will open up for December Christmas market trips.
New routes from Newcastle
Newcastle International will operate flights to Berlin with Eurowings from 1 May 2025, to Malaga twice-weekly with easyJet from the end of March 2025, to Dalaman from 4 May with Jet2, and to Gdansk in December 2025 with Jet2.
New routes from Liverpool
New routes from Liverpool airport give travellers the chance to fly out to Antalya from 6 May with SunExpress and to Malaga from August, with more destinations to come the following autumn.
When can you get the cheapest flights?
The cheapest time to book flights from the UK is typically six months in advance, but that varies by when you want to travel and your destination.
For some destinations you need to book even earlier to get the best prices. The price comparison site Skyscanner has a tool that tries to predict when to book the cheapest flights.
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