Airport News
XL heads to Luton
Fri, 16 Nov, 2007
XL Airways has announced it is to start flying from London Luton Airport in May next year.
It is to launch three scheduled services to warm weather holiday destinations, including two to Cyprus - a five flights a week route to Larnaca and a three times a week service to Paphos.
The third new route will operate twice a week to the Egyptian city of Sharm El-Sheikh.
XL's managing director Martin Lock said the services were being launched in response to strong demand from holidaymakers and that the company expects 30,000 passengers to use them in the first year of operation.
He added: "Luton is ideally located for this market just a few minutes from the M1 and M25 motorways, with car parks conveniently located close to the terminal building and great transport links to London."
This is the latest in a succession of new flights from London Luton Airport to be announced, following news of Thomsonfly's route to Tel Aviv and SkyEurope's services to Prague and Bratislava.