Blackpool to host new ski services

Low cost airline Jet2.com has announced that it will offer flights from Blackpool Airport to the ski capital of Geneva in Switzerland next winter.

Communications manager at the airport Susan Kendrick said that there was a large demand for flights to the French and Swiss Alps "from residents across Lancashire and Cumbria", adding that the carrier was confident that the flights would be popular from the offset.

The flights will start weekly, with the first journey beginning on December 13th this year and running throughout the ski season until April.

The airport recently won an award from the Blackpool Environmental Action Team for its online carbon calculator, allowing people to check the emissions of their journeys.

Stephen Wiltshire, director of operations at the airport, said: "There is growing interest in the use of voluntary carbon offset schemes to address and raise awareness of climate change."

"We are delighted to have won this award and would urge our passengers to take a look at our online carbon calculator to calculate the emissions from their flight," he added.

The airline gives its customers the opportunity to contribute to carbon offset schemes that can help to ease the mind of the environmentally conscious.