If you're hoping to visit Turkey this summer and escape the punishing Euro exchange rate, check out the new daily service from London Stansted to Istanbul with low-cost Turkish airline Pegasus Airways.

There are connections from Istanbul to most of the main Turkish gateway airports, or better still, a new, weekly direct flight to Bodrum, one of the most popular seaside resorts.

The Bodrum flights are particularly good for families, with civilised departure times, leaving Stansted 13.05, arriving at Bodrum at 19.00, and on the return, departing Bodrum at 10.05, arriving Stansted at 12.10. One way starts at £65.99 including taxes and charges, now available to buy from www.flypgs.com/en