By Leo Stevens
British holidaymakers who are toying with the idea of going abroad in the coming months will have a plethora of flights to choose from after it emerged that airlines are starting more than 120 new services from UK airports this summer.
Aviation analysis company anna-ero revealed that airline Jet2.com is launching 24 new services, while Ryanair has unveiled 19 new routes from UK airports as part of its plan to start more than 100 new services across Europe.
British Airways intends to start new routes to Buenos Aires, San Diego and Marrakech, while American airline Delta will provide flights to Boston and Miami from Heathrow.
Swiss carrier SkyWorks Airlines will delve into the UK market for the first time by commencing daily flights to Bern from London City airport.
Manchester airport will welcome 16 new routes, while Gatwick and Heathrow will commence 15 and 12 new flights respectively.
The new routes from the UK include 25 to Spain, with nine of them being operated by Ryanair, and 11 to France.
Worldwide, airlines are operating more than 800 new routes this summer season. The number of seats being offered on flights leaving Europe at the moment is 19.36 million - a 2.6% rise on the same period last year.
The sector with the biggest increase for this summer compared last year is Asia, where the number of seats on offer has risen by 10.5%.
While holidaymakers will not have as many travel insurance companies to choose from as they do flights, they should nevertheless have little difficulty in shopping around for the cheapest policies available.
