Pegasus Airlines is launching five new flights from London Stansted to locations in Russia and to the United Arab Emirates.

The new thrice weekly routes from Stansted via Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen include the launch of Grozny on 12 April, and flights to Samara and Volgograd on 19 June and Nizhny Novgorod on 20 June, as well as Abu Dhabi on the same day.

The Grozny flights will operate on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays; flights to Samara will leave on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

Flights to Volgograd will operate on Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays and to Nizhny Novgorod on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

Pegasus will operate to seven Russian destinations adding to the existing Moscow, Krasnodar and Mineralnye Vody flights.

The launch of Abu Dhabi flights on 20 June means Pegasus will service five destinations in the Middle, with flights to Kuwait, Bahrain, Doha and Dubai.

Abu Dhabi flights will operate on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays with the return operating on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.