easyJet’s first flights between London Southend and Jersey takes off as airline celebrates first anniversary of its base

Monday, Mar 30, 2026 0

easyJet celebrates first flight between London Southend and Jersey and first anniversary
The route provides even more choice for customers across Essex and the South East
Since opening the base, the airline has carried over 800,000 passengers to and from the airport

easyJet is today celebrating its inaugural flight between London Southend and Jersey, and marking the first anniversary of its London Southend base.

The first flight to the largest of the Channel Islands took off on time and provides customers across Essex and the South East with even more choice at great value fares. The route continues to operate on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays throughout the summer.

The announcement comes as easyJet celebrates the first anniversary of its base at London Southend Airport, which opened in March 2025. Since then, the airline has flown more than 800,000 passengers to and from the airport, demonstrating strong and sustained demand from customers and supporting jobs and connectivity across the region.

easyJet holidays has also seen continued success from London Southend, with thousands of great‑value beach and city breaks available including 23kg luggage and transfers on all beach holidays.

Kevin Doyle, easyJet UK Country Manager, said:

“We are really pleased to be launching our first flights to Jersey as we celebrate the first anniversary of our Southend base and having carried over 800,000 customers in that time is a fantastic achievement.

“Since launching our new base at Southend Airport last March, the success we’ve seen has been a clear testament to the continued popularity of our flights and holidays, with customers choosing us for our trusted brand, unrivalled network and great value fares customers across Essex and the South East with unrivalled choice to book and fly with ease.”

Jude Winstanley, CEO of London Southend Airport, said:

“Its great to have the double celebration today of a new route to Jersey as well as the base opening anniversary. Handling 800,000 passengers in the first year of base operations with easyJet enabled London Southend to become the UK’s fastest growing airport in 2025 – and we expect strong growth again this year.

“Jersey was our most requested route from our customers, so its fantastic to see the first flight take-off today. Three summers ago we had just four routes from London Southend – this summer our network boasts 21 routes giving passengers a great choice of beach breaks, city escapes, lakes and mountains.”

With a catchment area the same size as Switzerland and around eight million people living within an hour of the airport, the opening of a base last year at London Southend provides easyJet with further growth opportunities in the UK leisure travel and package holiday market.

easyJet was founded 30 years ago and since then it has flown over 800 million customers to and from the UK. Today, easyJet is the largest UK airline and serves 22 UK airports offering flights and package holidays across more than 650 routes to nearly 140 destinations across Europe, North Africa and employs c.12,000 people across England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.