EasyJet has put nine new routes on sale from nine UK airports to destinations across the UK, France, Morocco, Tunisia and Iceland.
Packages with easyJet holidays are available on eight of the new routes, with city breaks starting from £269 and beach holidays from £299.
The budget carrier said it will become the only UK airline to operate to Akureyri (pictured) in northern Iceland when flights launch from Gatwick twice a week from October 31.
Dubbed ‘The Capital of the North’, Akureyri is a short drive from many of Iceland’s top natural, cultural and historical attractions. Activities include whale watching, hiking, viewing the Northern lights and geothermal bathing.
Ahead of the opening of a new base at Birmingham next spring, the airline will continue the expansion of its network from the Midlands, with new routes now launching this winter to the French cities of Lyon and Paris from October 30, and city break packages available with easyJet holidays.
More new routes to France – to Paris Charles de Gaulle from Southend and a weekly service to Grenoble from Manchester – will also take off this winter.
New services between Luton and Enfidha in Tunisia and Bristol and Marrakech will provide those in the south and southwest with two additional winter sun destinations.
Southampton will see new domestic routes to Glasgow and Belfast from October 29, with departures up to three times a week.
Ali Gayward, easyJet’s UK country manager, said: “The launch of these nine new routes demonstrates our confidence in the resilient strength of demand for travel in the UK.”
Arnheiður Jóhannsdóttir, managing director at Visit North Iceland, added: “Close cooperation with our partners in North Iceland and the Nature Direct project is now giving us the opportunity to open up a new gateway to Iceland.
“EasyJet customers will land at Akureyri airport, only five minutes from the town centre and in the middle of North Iceland’s Arctic nature.
“This new route will transform how tourism develops in Iceland and give easyJet customers a unique opportunity to come and experience Icelanders’ most popular winter destination.”