Scheduled airline Monarch is to add new routes from the UK to both Lisbon and Madrid for the summer 2016 season.
The Luton-based carrier is also to expand its operations at Birmingham by basing an extra Airbus A320 aircraft at the airport next year – taking the total number up to nine.
Monarch will launch flights to Lisbon from Manchester, Gatwick and Birmingham, as well as adding a Birmingham-Madrid route, as part of an expansion which will see the airline add 2,100 flights to next summer’s schedule.
Gatwick-Lisbon will be the first route to start on May 3 with three weekly flights, followed on May 5 by Manchester-Lisbon, which will also operate three times per week.
Birmingham-Madrid will begin on June 17, again with three weekly flights, while Birmingham-Lisbon starts on June 20 with four services per week.
Monarch is also to introduce a Manchester to Tel Aviv service from April 19, with three weekly flights – the airline introduced Luton-Tel Aviv as a route earlier this month.
Other new routes for summer 2016 include routes from Gatwick to Almeria, Gibraltar and Gran Canaria, all starting in early May.
Marjan Schoeke, Monarch’s head of network development, said: “We will launch two new destinations to Lisbon and Madrid both of which we know will be a popular choice with our customers.”
“In addition and based on customer demand we will also be launching a Manchester to Tel Aviv service. This follows on from a successful launch of flights from Luton at the beginning of December.”