EasyJet has halted Israel flights once again. After escalating Israel-Iran tensions, easyJet says it will postpone all Tel Aviv flights until at least the end of this week. Meanwhile, Wizz Air hopes to resume its Israel flights today after cancelling services on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Wizz Air says if flights resume there will likely be some schedule changes. “Due to the evolving situation in Israel, easyJet has taken the decision to temporarily pause operations to until 21 April. The safety and security of our passengers and crew is always the highest priority,” easyJet said. Airlines including Air Canada, Delta, Iberia and Lufthansa also suspended Israel flights until further notice. The situation across the region was far reaching with flights cancelled beyond Israel and causing hiccups for carriers operating Asia-Europe long haul routes Qantas is rerouting flights between Australia and Europe to avoid flying over the Persian Gulf and Iraq. It also added a refueling stop in Singapore for the Perth-London leg. Emirates and Etihad Airways announced changes to their flight paths, with both airlines rerouting flights to avoid airspace over certain conflict zones in the Middle East. British Airways temporarily suspended flights to and from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) due to security concerns. 

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EasyJet holidays has further expanded its trade team, adding two more Trade Distribution Managers. The team is now six strong with wider support from the trade function. Jo Brookman and Dale Marriott will engage and support travel agent partners. Brookman has 28 years of experience in travel with previous roles at Thomas Cook, Freedom Travel Group and Club Med. Marriott has 20 years in the industry as a customer rep overseas, and also owned his own travel agency. The team will soon be hitting the road within the UK with further TOOT travel agent roadshows across Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham. Natasha Marson, Head of Trade Distribution said: “We look forward to hosting more exciting events with a fully resourced team, alongside offering further trade exclusive incentives.” TOOT roadshow 2024 schedule: LIVERPOOL:  Tuesday 16 April, 6.30pm, The Bierkeller Liverpool, 6-8 Thomas Steers Way MANCHESTER:  Wednesday 17 April, 6.30pm The Bierkeller Hall - The Printworks, Withy Grove BIRMINGHAM:  Thursday 18 April, 6.30pm The Stable Bar, 115 John Bright St 

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EasyJet holidays has extended its trade discount for new package holidays as it kicks off the summer 2024 season. The trade promo is offering travel agents the chance to boost sales with up to £100 off a minimum spend of £800 and £200 off a minimum spend of £2,000. Agents should use code TRADESAVER on package holiday bookings which was extended to 11.00pm on 1 April. Beach holidays are on sale at over 5,000 hotels in 100 destinations, with free kids places up for grabs up to 31 October 2025. Matt Callaghan, COO at easyJet holidays said: “Everyone at easyJet holidays is thrilled to be kicking off our summer season and getting more customers away than ever before.” "Our destination management partners have worked hard to ensure they are ready to welcome holidaymakers.” 

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EasyJet has put flights on sale for its expanded winter 2024/25 schedule. It adds up to over 18 million seats on more than 100,000 flights from December to 2 March 2025. Extra seats are now available to book across the route network. Overall it includes over 10 million seats to and from the UK across on 57,000 flights. Seats are available from £24.99. It includes available seats during the festive season and for ski holidays as well as city breaks and beach holidays. Seats are now available on over 500 routes to and from the UK. Plus, thousand more package holidays for winter 2024 are available to book through easyJet holidays. Ali Gayward, UK Country Manager for easyJet, said: “By putting millions of seats on sale across over 500 routes, we are providing more choice and value for our customers in the UK.” 

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EasyJet holidays has updated its animal welfare policy, ditching all tours that include animal-based attractions. Animal welfare is a key priority of its business operations, it says. After consulting animal welfare charities including World Animal Protection, it has scrapped all animal attraction focused tours. This includes animal rides, zoos, animal performances, and marine parks. These attractions will no longer be promoted by easyJet The move has been applauded by animal rights group PETA. Additionally, easyJet says it will encourage hotel partners to follow its animal welfare policy. Matt Callaghan, easyJet holidays’ COO, said: “Our own research tells us that sustainable travel experiences are important to our customers, so we want to make it easy for them to holiday better.” Katheryn Wise, wildlife campaigns manager at World Animal Protection UK, said: “EasyJet holidays has really stepped up for animals with this strong and ambitious animal welfare policy.” “It has been a pleasure to work with a company focused on listening to their customers.” 

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EasyJet holidays is launching winter Krakow holidays from Belfast. Ktakow flights will now operate year-round, providing more Krakow holiday options. Flights from Belfast now operate twice a week, on a Wednesday and Sunday. The cultural hub is renowned for its unique architecture and design and quirky street art created by artists from around the globe. Paul Bixby, easyJet holidays’ Chief Commercial Officer said: “Krakow has always been popular with our customers in Belfast during the summer, so we’re delighted to have now launched our holidays in winter too.” All easyJet Krakow holidays include flights, hotel and 23kg luggage per person. EasyJet holidays’ CITYSALE promo code can be applied by agents to all city break bookings, providing customers with up to £150 off.

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EasyJet has been announced as the Official Airline Partner of the Eurovision Song Contest in a multi-year partnership. The airline will fly thousands of visitors from across Europe into Copenhagen for this year’s contest. The airport provides direct access to the host city of Malmo, Sweden, where the live semi-final and final events take place on 7, 9 and 11 May. The airline will operate over 10% more seats to and from Copenhagen compared to the same period last year. Gabriella Neudecker, Marketing Director, easyJet said: “We couldn’t be prouder to be the Official Airline Partner. We are proud to play our part in connecting people across Europe.” EasyJet now flies over 1,000 routes to more than 150 airports. It says over 300 million Europeans live within one hour's drive of an easyJet airport. The airline offers 14 routes from the UK, France, Switzerlans, Germany, Italy, Portugal and the Netherlands to Copenhagen. 

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EasyJet and travel platform Skyscanner have signed a new long-term strategic partnership. The new three-year deal continues their existing relationship, with Skyscanner’s 110m monthly users able to search and book easyJet flights to and from 35 countries. Beyond distribution, the partnership includes advanced advertising, merchandising and data intelligence initiatives which will run across all Skyscanner's platforms. These include a range of brand and performance advertising formats, providing travellers with the choice of flight-only and packages via easyJet holidays. Sheelagh Mahoney, Head of Distribution and Channels at easyJet, said: "This collaboration allows us to continue to meet the strong demand for easyJet's flights and holidays as well as help us to reach new customers globally. “ "This long-term deal is much more than distribution, it is a strategic partnership that includes a wide array of advertising services and data products," said Gavin Harris, Skyscanner Commercial Director. Skyscanner is a strategic partner for several major travel brands, airlines and DMOs including  Visit California.   

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EasyJet holidays has rolled out a new social media tool to support travel agent sales. It enables agents to create social assets of a package holiday with the click of a button, which they can then share widely via social channels. Firstly, agents search for a suitable easyJet holidays package holiday on the trade portal. Underneath the image gallery of the package holiday,is a new button s - ‘export social media data.’ From here, pre-written text will be available to personalise to a style that suits agents’ social channels. There is also opportunity to add the easyJet holidays logo, price and number of nights within the image. Travel agents then can simply download the infographic and post it. Natasha Marson, Head of Trade Distribution said: “We’re thrilled with the feedback of the new social media tool with its ability to showcase package holidays via agents social channels.” “We’re continuing to make improvements to the trade portal to give our agent partners an even better booking experience.” Travel agent partners can still make further savings for customers with up to £250 off all beach destinations using code HOLIDAY and up to £150 off city breaks using code CITYSALE. These are for holidays departing until 31 October 2024.

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Tour operator easyJet holidays saw some of its biggest ever sales days during this year’s peaks period. It saw tens of thousands of agents claim the £5 agent incentive alongside the £10 booking incentive in the final weekend of sale. Dur to its success, the travel agent incentive has now been extended throughout February. Additional incentives included a daily prize draw of an Amazon Echo, Nespresso coffee machine, Samsung Sound Bar, lifestyle shopping vouchers and easyJet holidays credit. Weekly holiday prizes were also up for grabs with a total of five holidays claimed to Cyprus, Corfu and Rhodes. The tour operator is now offering agents further savings for their customers with up to £250 off all beach destinations using code HOLIDAY and up to £150 off city breaks using code CITYSALE. These are for departures up to 31 October 2024. Additionally, there are thousands of free child places for travel year round, including the upcoming school holidays. Natasha Marson, Head of Trade Distribution said: “Our travel agent partners worked incredibly hard during peaks and we’re thrilled with the results.”   

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EasyJet holidays has launched trade exclusive bigger discounts in its Big Orange Sale to support travel agents. Agents can save customers an extra £50 on top of the existing promotion, on summer 2024 holidays, meaning £450 off a minimum spend of £4000, £350 off a minimum spend £3000, and £200 on a minimum spend of £1500 using code TRADESALE. It is valid on bookings made up to 11pm on Monday 22 January. Travel agents who make a summer 2024 booking during this time, will see their cash incentive double to £10. It covers beach holidays and city breaks on sale to over 5,000 hotels, across 100 destinations, with travel dates up until 31 October 2024. There are also thousands of free kids places. Several trade initiatives continue over the next two weeks whilst The Big Orange Sale is live. The trade distribution team is supporting travel agents by delivering ‘Orange Aid’ rescue packs to help our trade partners through the busiest month of the year for bookings. Daily prize draws are taking place, including prizes of an Amazon Echo, Nespresso coffee machine, Samsung Sound Bar, lifestyle shopping vouchers and easyJet holidays credit. Weekly holiday prizes are also on offer to popular destinations, with winners announced via the trade Facebook page.  Natasha Marson, Head of Trade Distribution said: ”Our travel agent partners work incredibly hard during peaks and we’re wanting to make sure we thank them for their brilliant support.” 

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