Green activists criticise easyJet for launching 12 new UK routes

Airline's new domestic routes include Birmingham to Newquay, less than 200 miles, for 22.99

EasyJet launched 12 new domestic UK flying routes on Thursday, a decision criticised by green campaigners as likely to increase greenhouse gas emissions.

The airline said the routes, which will include Birmingham to Newquay for 22.99 - less than 200 miles - as well as Liverpool to Bournemouth at 22.99 and Manchester to Edinburgh at 30.00, as well as to Belfast and the Channel Islands, were in response to passenger demand following restrictions on travel during the Covid-19 pandemic. Some of the new routes were served by other airlines, including Stobart Air, which recently went bust.