In April, Germanwings will launch its first service to Stansted from its new Hanover base.

Three aircraft will be based at the airport in April, with 14 other destinations following:

Stuttgart (twice-daily)

Vienna (twice-daily)

Milan (six-times weekly)

Budapest (four-times weekly)

Moscow (four-times weekly)

Palma de Mallorca (four-times weekly)

Rome (four-times weekly)

Barcelona (four-times weekly)

Split (three-times weekly)

Zagreb (three-times weekly)

Bastia (once-weekly)

Dubrovnik (once-weekly)

Heraklion (once-weekly)

Zadar (once-weekly)

Germanwings operates a fleet of 26 A319s and has five other bases in Cologne/Bonn, Stuttgard, Berlin-Schönefeld, Hamburg and Dortmund.