easyJet added two new routes from Liverpool on Sunday 2 August and Monday 3 August respectively, launching operations to Seville and Naples, while stationing its ninth aircraft at John Lennon Airprot. Both the 1,785-kilometre Seville route and the 1,890-kilometre Naples service will be maintained 2-weekly, with neither facing competition. What they said Kevin Doyle, UK […]
August 10, 2026 | Latest Route News +
easyJet inaugurated the first two of four new routes from Newcastle on Saturday 1 August. 1 August: Reus (2-weekly) 1 August: Tenerife (2-weekly) 2 August: Prague (2-weekly) 3 August: Sharm el Sheikh (2-weekly) The LCC faces competition on all but its Prague service. It will go head-to-head with Jet2 and TUI Airways on the Reus service and with […]
Liverpool John Lennon Airport is enjoying one of its strongest growth periods in over a decade, with passenger numbers on track to surpass 5.4 million in 2025. Air Service One sat down with Anna Shires, Aviation Development Manager at LPL, to discuss the airport’s growth trajectory, expanding route network, future infrastructure projects and ambitions for […]
October 1, 2025 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Leeds Bradford-headquartered Jet2.com has existed for more than two decades. The leisure airline, which developed from Channel Express, first took off from Leeds Bradford to Amsterdam in February 2003. Twenty-one years later, it opened its 11th base at Liverpool in early 2024, with its 12th base at Bournemouth starting in 2025. Leeds Bradford: base opened […]
May 30, 2024 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Aer Lingus introduced flights between Dublin and Liverpool on Thursday 27 April, making its third attempt at the route. The 225-kilometre service will be maintained by Emerald Airlines on Aer Lingus’ behalf under the Aer Lingus Regional brand. Flights will run 11-weekly on the 72-seat ATR 72 turboprop aircraft. Aer Lingus faces strong competition against […]
May 1, 2023 | Latest Route News +
PLAY (IATA code OG) now connects Reykjavik with Liverpool. The 1,635-kilometre route launched on Friday 7 October. Flights will operate 2-weekly with a second service on Mondays. The route is not flown by any other carrier. This makes Liverpool the airline’s second destination in the UK as it already serves London STN. Nearby Manchester is […]
October 11, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Earlier this week Ryanair held a press conference in London at which it revealed it would be operating its biggest ever programme from UK airports this winter. Contributing to this would be 21 new international routes including six from Birmingham and five from London STN. Of course, there was no mention of any routes that […]
September 1, 2022 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Lufthansa has added Liverpool to its Frankfurt network with the introduction of a 4-weekly service, which will operate on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. The UK airport celebrated the launch on Wednesday 4 May, which, unfortunately, was a rather wet day. In fact, the first flight between the two airports took place on Monday 2 […]
May 11, 2022 | Latest Route News +
“We have service to several leisure orientated destinations in Europe. However, we still see significant levels of leakage to other UK airports,” comments Jonny Ford, Aviation Development Manager, Liverpool John Lennon Airport. “One example is Tenerife, where despite having two carriers serving the market, it is only capturing 15% of the primary catchment demand for […]
October 8, 2021 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis