READY FOR TAKE-OFF

Flights ++ Airports ++ New routes

WITH international travel hopefully restarting on May 17, Ryanair is offering bargain fares for this summer if you book by March 3 for breaks between June 1 and October 31. Low-cost flights include Stansted to Faro from £17.18, Manchester to Bordeaux from £15.48 and Glasgow Prestwick to Ibiza from £28.23, all one way (ryanair.com).

VIRGIN RELAXES RULES

VIRGIN Atlantic has introduced unlimited free date and flight changes for new bookings for travel up to April 30, 2022. Flights can be rescheduled as far ahead as April 30, 2023, with one name change included (virginatlantic.com).

BUDGET BULGARIA

ON MAY 26 Wizz Air will launch twiceweekly flights from Doncaster Sheffield to Bourgas, the gateway to Bulgaria’s Black Sea resorts, with fares from £27.99 one way. Keep costs down by heading to Sunny Beach, which for three consecutive years has been declared the cheapest of 42 European holiday destinations surveyed by the Post Office. Local beer costs 72p and a three-course meal for two is £22.15 ( wizzair.com, bulgaria travel.org/en).

FREE BUSINESS UPGRADE

SCENIC is offering a complimentary business-class flight upgrade for selected cruises to Antarctica in 2022. The offer is for one way only, flying to or from Buenos Aires with British Airways. Book by March 31 (scenic.co.uk).

MORE GREECE FLIGHTS

DEMAND for summer holidays in Greece is so strong Jet2.com is adding extra flights to Zante, Rhodes, Kefalonia and Heraklion in Crete. Schedules are also being extended with flights to the last of these available until November 9. Departure airports include Stansted, Birmingham, East Midlands and Glasgow (jet2.com).

NO TOUCH FLIGHTS

PASSENGERS flying with Qatar Airways will soon be able to pair their personal devices with the seat-back entertainment system, a measure that avoids the need to touch the screen and so minimises the risk of contracting Covid-19. The technology will be available on the carrier’s A350 fleet (qatarairways.com).

■ FOR latest advice on where you can travel see: gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice

NIGEL TISDALL