Published on Sunday, October 25, 2020

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." 


By Lisa James, Deputy Editor (UK)

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