Thomas Cook to add Luton departures
Thomas Cook Airlines is launching flights from London Luton Airport in summer 2017.
It will operate new weekly services on four routes – Ibiza on Fridays, Mahon on Saturdays, Corfu on Sundays and Palma on Mondays.
With 25 new A321s entering the fleet, it is also adding other new routes across its existing UK departure points.
In addition, seat capacity to the Balaerics has been increased by 15%.
Thomas Cook Airlines director of sales and planning Henry Sunley said the new flight programme ‘meets the changing demands of UK holidaymakers’.
New routes are as follows:
Belfast
Ibiza on Mondays
Cancun mini-series (four flights)
Birmingham
Malta on Thursdays
Naples on Tuesdays
Bristol
Malta on Thursdays
Increased frequency on Tenerife now operating twice a week
Glasgow
Alicante on Tuesdays and Fridays
London Gatwick
Almeria now operating twice a week with a new Saturday flight
Additional capacity with Boeing 757-300 replacing A321 capacity
Orlando moves to three times a week
Manchester
Split in Croatia on Mondays and Fridays offering 10 & 11 nights
New Malaga operating on Wednesday and Saturdays offering 10 & 11 nights
Mykonos on Thursdays and Sundays offering 10 & 11 nights
Alicante five times a week
Lanzarote five times a week
Faro four times a week
Mahon six times a week
Newcastle
Paphos on Tuesdays
Almeria on Mondays
Additional Reus on Wednesdays now offering 10 & 11 nights
London Stansted
Lanzarote three times a week
Mahon three times a week
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