EasyJet adds more Canary Islands flights as demand surges
EasyJet has boosted capacity for the Canary Islands after seeing a 500% increase in searches since the region was added to the UK travel corridor.
Addition flights have been added for winter 2020/21 from Gatwick, London Luton, Bristol, Manchester, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Belfast.
In addition, more seats are on sale from London Gatwick and Manchester to Tenerife and Lanzarote for October half-term.
It all adds up to 180,000 extra seats to the Canaries between now and the end of March 2021, with fares from £22.99.
The expanded Canary Islands programme includes five new routes to from Edinburgh to Lanzarote and Fuerteventura; from Glasgow to Tenerife and Gran Canaria and Belfast to Tenerife, with flights taking off from 7 November.
Ali Gayward, the airline’s UK Country Manager, said: "Since the government’s announcement we’ve already seen a surge of demand for flights and holidays to the Canary Islands – we’ve seen a 500% increase day on day on searches – so we know that there is customer demand, they want to travel and this demonstrates they will do so when travel restrictions are relaxed."
EasyJet holidays packages start at £289 per person.
Matt Callaghan, easyJet holidays Customer Director, said: "We can’t wait to start taking our customers back to the Canary Islands, which are a perfect year-round destination and a firm favourite."
Lisa
Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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