Austria’s Innsbruck is one of the best known European ski resorts, with absolutely first class facilities for both experienced and novice skiiers alike. The reason airlines have chosen to increase the number of direct routes they provide to ski resorts for the 2008-9 winter holiday period is due to the fact business is booming. As of the end of October, one alone had over 2.5 million bookings for individuals and families wanting their flying services to travel to skiing destinations in Europe during this winter just gone. Increasing the number of direct routes of these low costs airlines allows even more individuals to book flights for their holiday plans. Innsbruck is set to gain as much as any ski area as just started are low cost flights six days a week from London’s Gatwick Airport to Innsbruck. This weekly schedule will accommodate Britons who want inexpensive travel to a locale that lives and breathes skiing. Innsbruck is located in the federal state of Tyrol. Located in the Inn Valley between high mountains, it is ideally suited to winter activities and skiing in particular. The name Innsbruck means “the bridge over the Inn”. And with its new facility Innsbruck has the best of both the old and modern for anyone thinking of skiing holidays for next winter.