Ryanair is adding 14 routes from three London area airports this summer.
The no-frills airline claims it will run a record schedule of 181 routes from Gatwick, Luton and Stansted.
The new destinations are Burgas, Catania, Helsinki, Lublin, Maastricht, Madeira, Menorca, Naples, Orebro, Stockholm, Tampere, Tangier, Trapani and Vaxjo in Sweden.
Announcing the expansion, group chief executive Michael O’Leary accused the government of missing the opportunity to accelerate the recovery of tourism and jobs this summer by delaying a cut domestic Air Passenger Duty until 2023.
The airline has been a long term critic of the air tax and attacked the 2023 reduction after its announcement in October.
O’Leary said: “We are pleased to announce 14 new routes from our three London airports, Stansted, Luton and Gatwick, as all Covid-19 travel restrictions have now been lifted.
“Despite launching our biggest ever schedule, the UK government failed to support this recovery by delaying the reduction in APD until 2023.
“Ryanair again calls on the UK government to scrap APD completely, to allow airlines and airports to quickly restore traffic, jobs, and tourism.
“The 50% reduction proposed for 2023 is too little, too late as APD puts UK airports at a severe cost disadvantage versus European competitors, and the absence of government support for aviation and tourism recovery creates further barriers to UK traffic and growth.”
The expansion plan came as Ryanair revealed that it carried 8.7 million passengers in February, despite Omicron travel restrictions, against just 500,000 in the same month last year.
The carrier operated more than 53,660 flights last month with an 86% load factor.