EasyJet and Virgin Atlantic have partnered in a pilot exchange programme. It will enable easyJet pilots join to experience wide-body flying secondments with Virgin Atlantic. From November 2024, 20 easyJet pilots will swap A320 flying to train on Virgin Atlantic’s Airbus A350 fleet for around three years, returning to easyJet at the end of the placement. The partnership will provide easyJet pilots with over 1,500 flying hours with the opportunity to experience operations on wide-body Airbus A350 and further their flight deck experience over long-haul routes. Captain Bart Prudon, Director of Flight Operations for easyJet, said: “We are delighted to partner with Virgin Atlantic to further enhance the opportunities flying with easyJet can offer.” Operating a different aircraft type is a fantastic experience for any pilot.” EasyJet is currently recruiting over 1,000 new pilots as part of a five-year programme which commenced in 2022. Applications for the Generation easyJet Pilot Training Programme are still open at becomeapilot.easyJet.com 

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EasyJet has unveiled three new winter routes from three different UK airports. A new twice-weekly service from Southampton to Amsterdam launches along with a new Leeds Bradford to Paris Charles De Gaulle route on 28 October. Additionally, twice-weekly Malta flights from London Luton launch on 4 December. The airline is also putting seats on sale for ten new routes from London Southend Airport, which will take off alongside the opening of the airline’s newest UK base in summer 2025. Three brand-new routes are also on sale from London Southend Airport to Reus and Almeria in Spain, and the island of Malta, with departures from March 2025. Earlier this year, easyJet announced the opening of a three-aircraft base at London Southend Airport, along with seven new package holiday destinations. These are Gran Canaria and Tenerife in the Canary Islands, Dalaman and Antalya in Turkey, Enfidha in Tunisia, Marrakech in Morocco and Pisa in Italy. Now, both flight-only seats and easyJet holidays packages are available to book for all ten destinations. The first Southend flights are set to depart from 30 March 2025, bringing the total number of routes from London Southend to 17. EasyJet now serves 21 UK airports, offering over 130 destinations from the UK to Europe and beyond 

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• New winter services to Amsterdam, Malta and Paris will take off for the first time from October 2024, with packages also available from easyJet holidays
• Seats from London Southend to ten destinations across Turkey, Spain, Morocco, Tunisia, Italy and Malta are now on sale for departures from March 2025
• Fares start from £21.99* and are available to book at easyJet.com and via the mobile app.

  easyJet has today announced the launch of three new winter routes from three UK airports and is putting seats on sale for ten new routes from London Southend Airport, which will take off alongside the opening of the airline’s newest UK base at the airport in summer 2025.   A new twice-weekly service from Southampton to Amsterdam and from Leeds Bradford to Paris Charles De Gaulle will take off for the first time on 28 October, while a twice-weekly route from London Luton to Malta will launch on 4 December.   Three brand-new routes are also on sale from London Southend Airport to Reus and Almeria in Spain, and the popular Mediterranean island of Malta, with departures from March 2025.   Earlier this year, easyJet announced the opening of a three-aircraft base at London Southend Airport, along with seven new package holiday destinations: Gran Canaria and Tenerife in the Canary Islands, Dalaman and Antalya in Turkey, Enfidha in Tunisia, Marrakech in Morocco and Pisa in Italy. Now, both flight-only seats and easyJet holidays packages are available to book for all ten destinations, with the first flights set to depart from 30 March 2025, bringing the total number of routes from London Southend to 17.   Ali Gayward, easyJet's UK Country Manager, commented:   “We’re delighted to be launching even more new routes from the UK to a fantastic range of destinations, with over 44 new routes now available from this winter as well as ten routes from our new base at London Southend Airport, which we look forward to opening next year.   “Our continued growth and investment in the UK highlights the importance of this market and provides UK consumers with even more choice, with our customers choosing our flights and holidays for our trusted brand, unrivalled network and great value fares, and we look forward to welcoming even more of them onboard.”   easyJet serves 21 UK airports, offering nearly 600 routes to over 130 destinations from the UK to Europe and beyond. To discover more about easyJet’s UK network and to book, visit easyJet.com.  

• From 28 October 2024, flights from Southampton to Amsterdam will operate twice a week on Mondays and Fridays with fares now available from £23.99*
• From 28 October 2024, flights from Leeds to Paris Charles de Gaulle will operate twice a week on Mondays and Fridays with fares now available from £23.99*
• From 4 December 2024, flights from London Luton to Malta will operate twice a week on Wednesdays and Saturdays with fares now available from £35.99*
• From 30 March 2025, flights from London Southend to Gran Canaria will operate three times a week on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays with fares now available from £34.99*
• From 30 March 2025, flights from London Southend to Enfidha will operate three times a week on Mondays, Fridays and Sundays with fares now available from £34.13*
• From 30 March 2025, flights from London Southend to Malta will operate four times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays with fares now available from £36.99*
• From 31 March 2025, flights from London Southend to Dalaman will operate three times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays with fares now available from £34.99*
• From 31 March 2025, flights from London Southend to Pisa will operate twice a week on Mondays and Fridays with fares now available from £22.99*
• From 1 April 2025, flights from London Southend to Antalya will operate twice a week on Tuesdays and Saturdays with fares now available from £37.99*
• From 1 April 2025, flights from London Southend to Tenerife will operate three times a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays with fares now available from £30.99*
• From 1 April 2025, flights from London Southend to Marrakech will operate three times a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays with fares now available from £30.99*
• From 1 April 2025, flights from London Southend to Almeria will operate twice a week on Tuesdays and Saturdays with fares now available from £33.99*
• From 1 April 2025, flights from London Southend to Reus will operate twice a week on Tuesdays and Saturdays with fares now available from £21.99*

  Brand new package holidays on new routes are available to book with easyJet holidays at www.easyjet.com/en/holidays. All easyJet holidays packages include flights, hotel, 23kg luggage and transfers on beach holidays, all covered by Ultimate Flexibility, offering freedom to change a booking, a refund guarantee, and best price guarantee. Book with easyJet holidays (www.easyjet.com/en/holidays tel: 0330 365 5005).  

• easyJet holidays offers seven nights at the 5* Numa Club Side in Antalya on an All Inclusive basis for £518 per person (with a free kids’ place) including 23kg of luggage per person, transfers and flights from London Southend on 3 June 2025

 

• easyJet holidays offers seven nights at the 4* GF Isabel in Tenerife on a Bed and Breakfast basis for £353 per person (with a free kids’ place) including 23kg of luggage per person, transfers and flights from London Southend on 20 May 2025

 

• easyJet holidays offers seven nights at the 3* Green Park Apartments in Dalaman on a Self Catering basis for £289 per person including 23kg of luggage per person, transfers and flights from London Southend on 7 May 2025

 

• easyJet holidays offers seven nights at the 4* Gloria Palace San Agustin Thalasso & Hotel in Gran Canaria on a Bed & Breakfast basis for £498 per person including 23kg of luggage per person, transfers and flights from London Southend on 18 June 2025

 

• easyJet holidays offers three nights at the 5* Ryad Amiran and Spa in Marrakesh on a Room Only basis for £201 per person including flights from London Southend on 7 June 2025

 

• easyJet holidays offers seven nights at the 5* Hilton Skanes Monastir Beach Resort in Tunisia on an All Inclusive basis for £481 per person including 23kg of luggage per person, transfers and flights from London Southend on 9 May 2025

 

• easyJet holidays offers three nights at the 4* Grand Hotel Duomo in Pisa on a Bed & Breakfast basis for £327 per person including flights from London Southend on 20 June 2025

Easyjet has cancelled over 200 flights to Portugal over the next three days due to a cabin crew strike. It said a total of 232 flights are grounded including 27 roundtrip flights to and from the UK. It affects departures from London Gatwick, Glasgow, Luton and Manchester but Belfast International flights to Portigal are not impacted. The industrial action is set to continue through August 17. Union SNPVAC said staff grievances are over staff shortages which have led to pressure applied to work overtime. EasyJet had scheduled 1,138 flights over the three days with it was forced to cancel at least 20%. “Due to the unnecessary strike action, we have had to cancel flights planned to operate during the period of the collective action.” “We are extremely disappointed with this needless strike action, especially at this important time of the year for our customers.” “Our priority has been to try and minimise the impact.” It flies to Lisbon, Porto and Faro. The airline says it has already informed impacted passengers their flights are cancelled. EasyJet has over 800 Portugal based staff. A further strike is planned in late August by ground handling workers over a pay dispute. 

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With the arrival of school summer holidays across the UK, easyJet is gearing up for its busiest summer ever. It has scheduled over 80,000 flights across Europe and North Africa during the school holidays. It expects to carry more passengers across its entire summer network than ever before. The airline says 28 July will be the busiest day with nearly 2,000 flights. Beach destinations of Palma, Faro and Malaga in Spain plus Barcelona and Nice are among the favourite hot spots. EasyJet holidays will have its busiest summer season ever. Domestically, Edinburgh and Belfast are the most popular destinations this summer. Ali Gayward, easyJet's UK Country Manager, said: “The summer is always our busiest time of year and this year is no exception.” It says thousands of free child places are still available alongside school holiday deals. EasyJet serves 21 UK airports, offering 584 routes to 136 destinations from the UK. 

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EasyJet is adding a second route from the UK to Akureyri in North Iceland. Twice-weekly Akureyri flights will launch from Manchester from November 12, 2024. The announcement follows the success of the existing London Gatwick to Akureyri flights launched last winter. The Gatwick route will also return for winter 2024/25. Flights will operate on Saturdays and Tuesdays from both Manchester and London Gatwick airports. Brits make up the highest number of visitors to North Iceland during the winter season. In recent years, efforts have been made to establish direct international flights through Akureyri and Egilsstaðir as part of the Nature Direct project in cooperation with Visit Iceland, Isavia, Visit North Iceland and Austurbrú. This collaboration and momentum have contributed to easyJet's decision to now fly to Akureyri from two airports in the UK next winter. Guests will touch down at the expanded Akureyri Airport, which is currently undergoing terminal expansion. "EasyJet flights from London to Akureyri have been very successful, and soon after they started, we began working with our partners to secure flights to more destinations," says Arnheiður Jóhannsdóttir, MD of North Iceland Marketing Office. "It is gratifying that the decision to offer flights from Manchester was made immediately following a good first winter for easyJet here in North Iceland." EasyJet is the only airline offering a direct connection between the UK and Northern Iceland. "We are delighted to launch a second route this winter," says Ali Gayward, easyJet's UK country manager. "We are committed to supporting the development of tourism in Iceland." Chris Hagan, UK Representative for Visit North Iceland added: "The addition of twice weekly Manchester flights this coming winterwill allow both UK operators and agents to capitalise on the opportunity to showcase North Iceland." Prices start from £50.17 one-way including taxes 

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EasyJet is launching a new route from London Southend to Tenerife, with package holidays now on sale for summer 2025. London Southend flight only bookings to Tenerife will be available to book in the coming months. The new Tenerife flights adds to easyJet holidays' existing summer 2025 programme already on sale to Alicante, Faro, Palma de Mallorca and Malaga alongside city break destinations Amsterdam and Paris. London Southend flights for this summer are now available to book at easyJet.com and via the mobile app. Marc Taylor, acting CEO for London Southend Airport, said: "Tenerife has been in very high demand across our 8.2m catchment, so we're particularly thrilled with today's news and the continued positive momentum for our airport." All easyJet holidays packages include flights, hotel, 23kg luggage and transfers on beach holidays. 

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Leisure airline easyJet has put its spring 2025 schedule on sale. It amounts to millions of seats across thousands of easyJet flights between 3 March 2025 and 15 June 2025 including to and from the UK. Seats are available to book now at easyJet.com or via the mobile app, starting from £26.99. There are spring flights to over 120 destinations across Europe, North Africa and the Middle East departing from 21 UK airports. It is joined with the launch of thousands more holiday packages for spring 2025 available to book through easyJet holidays. This comprises a choice of over 7,000 hotels for holiday packages including flights, accommodation, 23kg luggage and transfers on beach getaways. Popular destinations now on sale for spring 2025 include Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes, Turkey and Tunisia. There are also free kid’s spaces on easyJet holiday packages. “We’re delighted to be putting our flights for Easter and spring 2025 on sale so customers have plenty of choice when planning ahead for their holidays next year,” said Ali Gayward, UK Country Manager for easyJet.

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Leisure airline easyJet this week announced London Southend Airport will become its newest UK airport base. The move will create over 100 new jobs and at least six new London Southend flight routes from summer 2025. London Southend becomes the airline’s 10^th UK airport base. EasyJet plans to base three A320neo aircraft at the airport The airline already flies to Amsterdam, Geneva, Faro, Palma de Mallorca, Malaga and Paris CDG from the airport, which it has flown from since 2012. “This move is indicative of the demand the east of London, Essex and the wider East Anglia region who now have greater opportunities,” said John Upton, CEO of London Southend Airport. EasyJet opened its ninth UK base in March at Birmingham International. The new Southend flight routes are to Pisa, Italy, Gran Canaria, Dalaman, Antalya, Marrakech and Enfidha, Tunisia. 

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CEO Johan Lundgren will step down at easyJet in early 2025. The company announced a succession plan with chief financial officer, Kenton Jarvis set to take over. The transition takes place on 1 January 2025. Lundgren will stay on until mid-May to ensure an ‘orderly’ succession. Lundgren joined from TUI and became CEO of easyJet in 2017. “Johan has done an excellent job as our CEO steering the company through the immense challenges of the Covid period, and setting up a clear strategy and strong execution plan,” said chairman Stephen Hester. “There is good positive momentum and Johan will be with us to close out the current year.” The move was revealed as easyJet gave a trading update for the six months to the end of March. Easyjet said it has sold more than three-quarters of seat capacity for the current quarter to the end of June and 40% are sold for the July to September period. Tour operator Easyjet Holidays will likely generate £170m of profit before tax, it says. Overall, the company business is still on track to meet its target of over £1bn in pre-tax profit. “Our two newest bases, Alicante and Birmingham, are achieving passenger numbers well above the network average and we have announced a tenth UK base at London Southend from next March,” Lundgren said. 

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EasyJet has marked the milestone of carrying 250 million passengers to and from London Gatwick Airport. The airline started flying there on 16 December 1999 with the inaugural flight to Geneva. It opened a Gatwick base in 2002. To mark the occasion the airline surprised passengers Amy Lovegrove and Richard Hansen from Crawley, who were flying to Rhodes with free easyJet return flights. EasyJet now operates 68 aircraft from the airport which is the largest base in its network and carries almost 20 million passengers a year on 102 routes. Over the last year easyJet has introduced new routes to four destinations from London Gatwick including to Calvi in France, the Greek Island of Skiathos, Akureyri in Iceland and Salerno on Italy’s Amalfi coast. Mark Johnston, COO, London Gatwick, said: “It is fantastic to see easyJet reach such a momentous milestone after many successful years of operations.” “Their presence at London Gatwick is significant and we will continue working collaboratively to further grow a diverse choice of routes.” 

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EasyJet has added a new aircraft to its base at Glasgow Airport to support demand for summer holiday travel. The new neo aircraft is the sixth jet to be based in Glasgow and supports easyJet’s largest ever flying programme from Scotland this summer. The airline is offering over 2.2 million seats to and from Glasgow. There are 86 routes across 19 countries in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa available to Scottish holidaymakers. The airline has also launched brand new flights to Enfidha in Tunisia for the first time, now operating twice weekly on Thursdays and Sundays throughout the year. A new route to Larnaca in Cyprus is set also set take off for the first time this Saturday. Ali Gayward, easyJet’s UK Country Manager, said: “We are delighted to be welcoming the sixth aircraft and launching more new routes for our biggest ever summer in Scotland.” EasyJet operated it’s very first flight from Glasgow to London Luton over 27 years ago. Since then the airline has flown over 42 million passengers from the airport. Mark Beveridge, MD at Glasgow Airport said: “It has been nearly 30 years since easyJet’s first-ever flight and in the ensuing years the relationship has gone from strength to strength.” 

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