READY FOR TAKE-OFF

Flights ++ Airports ++ New routes

HOP TO DEAUVILLE

TWICE-WEEKLY flights between London City and Deauville, near Normandy, are available with L’Odyssey. The trip takes 65 minutes on a 27-seater plane with 30kg of baggage ( lodyssey.ch).

FREE CRUISE AIR CREDIT

HOLLAND America is offering up to £350 free air credit on selected European sailings this year, plus transfers and late arrival protection. A seven-day cruise departing from Venice in August costs from £599pp ( hollandamerica.com).

MORE GATWICK FLIGHTS

VUELING has introduced a flight from Gatwick to Jerez, in southern Spain, while a service to the Italian port of Genoa will start tomorrow. Fares are from £31.99 one way ( vueling.com).

EMIRATES ADDS STANSTED

EMIRATES will restart its route between Stansted and Dubai on August 1. By October it plans to run 110 flights a week from seven UK airports including a twice daily A380 ‘superjumbo’ service from Gatwick and Manchester ( emirates.com).

NEW YORK FOR LESS

NORSE Atlantic will start daily flights from Gatwick to New York JFK on August 12 from £255 return ( flynorse.com).

SOUTH AFRICAN SUN

VIRGIN Atlantic will offer direct daily flights between Heathrow and Cape Town from November to March next year with fares from £711 ( virginatlantic.com).

EXTRA BIRMINGHAM JOURNEYS

RYANAIR will add five routes from Birmingham this winter, including to the Danish city of Billund — known for its Legoland theme park ( ryanair.com, legoland.dk).

CANINE COMPANIONS

A TEAM of seven therapy dogs are in use at London Southend Airport this summer for nervous fliers ( southendairport.com, essextherapydogs.co.uk).

INDIA BY PRIVATE JET

TITAN Travel has launched a tour by private jet visiting six countries including Jordan and India.

Departing September next year, prices start from £28,000pp ( titantravel. co.uk/privatejet).

n FOR government travel advice see gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice