Believe it or not, it's not from RyanAir, but China's first private airline, Spring Air. They are pushing the concept of no-frills travel to the extreme, announcing plans to strip its aircraft of seats.

Speaking on Chinese CCTV, a spokesman proposed that standing-room-only cabins could accommodate up to 40 per cent more passengers, and follows on from comments by China's vice premier, Zhang Dejiang, who argued that citizens "should be able to get on a plane like catching a bus".

With a fleet of 13 aircraft, Spring Air has experienced a massive demand for its low-cost flights and has already placed an order for 14 new jets. The spokesman continued that in addition to increasing capacity, the airline's costs would be cut by 20 per cent if passenger seats were removed, propping passengers against a padded backboard secured by a harness.

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Starting in November, EasyJet have announced their 5th route out of Copenhagen, this time with six weekly flights to Manchester. EasyJet already operates between Copenhagen and  Berlin, London Gatwick, London Stansted and Milano. EasyJet operates 175 flights, 420 routes between 110 airports in 27 countries and has transported 44 million passengers over the past 12 months.

Turkish Airlines have kicked off their 3 times weekly Göteborg (Gothenburg)-Istanbul using an Airbus 320 with room for 159 passengers. Their 116th destination and 2nd in Sweden, will operate on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

As announced last week, WizzAir will start 3 weekly flights from its base in Prague to Venice Treviso, starting September 21st and flying on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. As an initial offer, WizzAir is offering fligths for free (with taxes and charges amounting to €12) - see for example September 22nd. Flights leave Venice at 8:35 and Prague at 10:35.

Cimber Sterling will start yet another route out of Billund, Denmark. Starting September 3rd a daily route (except Saturday) will commence to Charles de Gaulle in Paris.

Jet2.com will add an additional weekly flights between Manchester and Tel Aviv between December 21st and January 4th, and then again from March 22nd to April 26th, according to Travelmole.

Low-cost carrier Flybe has begun operating a week service between London Gatwick Airport and Dusseldorf. Operating three times daily on weekdays, daily on Saturdays, and twice daily on Sundays. Fares start from £34.99 one-way, including taxes.

Starting Thursday July 2nd, Wind Jet will operate a twice weekly service between Luton and Forli in northern Italy, with onward flights to Palermo and Catania. Forli was previously serviced by Ryanair and gives easy access to the popular San Marino and Rimini.Flights will operate on Mondays and Thursdays, leaving Italy at 9:10 and Luton at 11:10.

With their new flight to Australia launching on June 30, Delta Air Lines has launched a sale on the new route connecting Los Angeles and Sydney. Returns are available from $ 578 (ca. € 413) excluding taxes and fees. Travel from July 5 through December 16. Book by June 30.

British Airways will launch a business-only flight between London City Airport and New York JFK. The service, with return fares available from about £ 5,000 (ca. € 5,900), will start on September 29. The flight will not be direct, needing a refueling stop at Shannon Airport in the West of Ireland, where passengers will be able to clear US Immigration.

Germanwings will launch a new flight between Manchester Airport and Cologne-Bonn. The service will be operated five times weekly from October, with fares available from £ 13.99 (ca. € 16) one-way including taxes and charges.

Wizz Air has announced a new route from its home base at Prague Airport to Venice Treviso. The flight will operate thrice weekly from September 21 throughout the winter.

British Airways has announced a revision of its winter schedule for London Gatwick Airport, bringing along a few cut services but also a boost to several others. Flights to Alicante, Malta, Krakow and Palma will be cut, while extra services will be operated to Bermuda, Barbados, Saint Lucia and Port of Spain. Furthermore the following routes to Barcelona, Gibraltar, Madrid, Malaga and Pisa will be moved from Gatwick to Heathrow Airport from October 25.

SmartWings launched a new flight from Ostrava in the Czech Republic to Preveza in Greece last week. The route will be operated twice weekly throughout the summer season.

FlyBe will launch a new route between Norwich Airport and Geneva in Switzerland. The new route will be launched for the winter schedule. Furthermore, they will increase the number of daily flights between Edinburgh Airport and Shetland. The third daily service will be run by partner airline Loganair.

bmibaby has announced a sale, with up to a third of the price obtainable in discount. The airline offers popular travel destinations to for example Alicante, Malaga and Nice from British regional airports. Travel until December 16. Book by Tuesday, June 30.

Cimber Sterling has announced that they will launch quite a few new routes. From late August two new routes will launch to Gran Canaria, Tenerife and Madeira – all from Copenhagen. From the beginning of October, there will also be a new route to Gran Canaria from Billund. Come December 25, Copenhagen will get new routes to Geneve and Salzburg. The latter will also get new services from Billund and Aalborg, starting on January 30 and operating throughout the skiing season.

Meridiana will launch two new routes from July. The Italian airline will operate flights from Bologna and Naples to the Greek capital, Athens.

Ryanair has announced two new routes, both flying from Figari, Corsica. The new routes will fly to Brussels Charleroi and Milan Orio al Serio. Both services will see their first airtime in July.

From July 8, Air Berlin will launch their newest flight from Berlin Tegel to Tel Aviv. Flights will operate twice weekly.