BUDGET airline easyJet will start the first of its seasonal flights to Geneva from Bournemouth Airport this weekend.

The flights to the Swiss capital, which start on Saturday, December 18, will operate up to four times a week until March 26, 2022.

Steve Gill, managing director of Bournemouth Airport, said: “Geneva is the gateway to the Alps and a beautiful destination, and easyJet’s regular flights make it easy to get back to the slopes this winter.

“It’s the latest winter holiday destination available from Bournemouth Airport so if you’re looking for snow, sun or a European city break, there’s plenty of choice from your local airport.”

Geneva is a popular destination with skiers but also offers an old town with cobbled streets, gothic architecture and ancient city walls to explore, plus lakeside promenades and cafés, all over-looked by stunning snow-capped mountains.

Bournemouth Airport now has 36 destinations in 16 countries in its schedule.

Countries passengers can fly to from Bournemouth Airport include:

  • Barbados (fly/cruise)
  • Croatia (Zadar)
  • Cyprus (Paphos)
  • France (Bergerac)
  • Greece (Corfu, Crete, Kefalonia, Rhodes, Zante)
  • Hungary (Budapest)
  • Italy (Lake Como, Lake Garda, Lake Maggiore)
  • Ireland (Dublin)
  • Lapland (Enontekio, Pajala, Ivalo)
  • Norway (fly-cruise)
  • Poland (Krakow, Wroclaw)
  • Portugal (Faro, Lisbon)
  • Spain (Alicante, Girona, Gran Canaria, Ibiza, Lanzarote, Majorca, Malaga, Menorca, Murcia, Tenerife)
  • Switzerland (Geneva).