UK-based regional airline Eastern Airways is launching a new route from its Humberside airport base to Esbjerg in Denmark.

The carrier is also to expand its services between Humberside and Cornwall Airport Newquay next year, as well as introducing a route linking Newquay and East Midlands airports.

Eastern Airways’ Humberside-Esbjerg route will start on 14 December with year-round flights operating three times per week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Roger Hage, commercial director of Eastern Airways, said: “This is a major dual development for the Humber region as we join the UK centre for renewable energy with Esbjerg in the west of Denmark. The renewable energy sector is fundamental to the employment and growth in the Humber as the energy estuary.”

In other moves, the seasonal route between Humberside and Newquay, which was launched last summer, will double in frequency to operate four times per week when it restarts on 7 April for summer 2023. There will also be an extended season for the Humberside-Jersey route which will operate weekly from 13 May.

Eastern Airways will launch the daily East Midlands-Newquay service from 10 February 2023. The new year-round route will mark the return of the carrier to East Midlands airport after previously operating flights to Aberdeen between 1999 and 2017.

“This is a major step in growing connectivity to the Cornwall base and the only Midlands service to the south-west of England,” said Hage.

“We want to ensure the right services are being offered given Eastern Airways is all about supporting the regions of the UK, connecting people and places.”