This tiny English airport is getting new flights from the UK’s biggest regional airline

People of Southampton, we have good news. From October you will be able to get to Manchester in around one hour, as Loganair is launching a new flight route to the northern city. 

This autumn Sotonians – who already enjoy one of the UK’s best airports (according to Which?) –will no longer have to drive four and a half hours to get to Manny, as the regional airline has announced it will open its tenth UK base at the tiny Southampton hub. 

With more than 70 routes across the British Isles, Europe and Scandinavia, Loganair is the largest regional airline in the UK. The Scottish operator, which launched in Glasgow in the 1960s, now has nine UK bases in Kirkwall, Inverness, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee, City of Derry, Newcastle and Isle of Man. 

The airline’s new Southampton outpost will increase its number of seats available by more than 140,000 per year.

The Southampton to Manchester route will launch on October 16 2025, with current fares showing the flights to cost £59.99 (including 6kg hand luggage and 15kg hold luggage). 

It’s not just Southampton that’s getting better connected via the airways. Loganair will also launch a flight from Manchester to Exeter later this year. 

Loganair's chief executive, Luke Farajallah, said: ‘We are delighted to be announcing a new base in Southampton, which is a logical and important strategic step for the UK’s largest regional airline.

‘Loganair is very familiar with operations to and from the South Coast, and we feel confident the local market will respond well to our more permanent presence and new routes through the basing of two aircraft later this year.’

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