Air Southwest has come out with the plans to increase the number of routes it serves from Plymouth City Airport to double. The airline has also announced plans to launch 3 fresh routes from Newquay Airport.

From Plymouth City Airport, the carrier will operate new daily services to Newcastle and Gatwick, four times a week services to Cork and a three times a week flight to Dublin. All these services will be started on 28th April, 2008 and will fly year-round.

From Newquay Airport, the ailine will operate daily services to Newcastle and Glasgow, six times a week services to Cork, and a once in a week service to Chambery, the Alpine ski gateway location. Except the Chambery route, all services will be started on 28th April 2008, and serve the routes year-round, while the services on the Chambery route, which will start on 20th December, 2008 and will operate until 28th March, 2009.

Jim Cameron, Air Southwest chief executive, said, "This is a major expansion of Air Southwest's year-round services from south-west England, doubling the number of destinations from Plymouth and cementing our position as the biggest operator out of Newquay"

To celebrate the new services, the airline is offering 10,000 seats to Newcastle and Glasgow for just £35 one-way, and to Dublin and Cork for just £30 one-way. All the taxes are included in the prices quoted.

The tickets for the flights to Chambery priced at  £35, though these are not yet on sale.