easyJet (UK) will add a new route linking London (Luton) with Cairo (Sphinx International Airport) starting on October 31.
The new route will commence on October 31 and will operate three days a week to the new airport.
easyJet has launched its first flight from London Southend Airport to Bordeaux in South West France. The route took off on July 25 is the first of four to launch this summer and will be supported by the arrival of a new aircraft at the base.
Operating three times a week, easyJet expects to carry out more than 30,000 passengers on the new Bordeaux route operating on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
easyJet is also set to launch new routes from Southend to summer holiday favourites Prague, Pula and Dubrovnik this summer helping to ensure the airline will carry over one million annual passengers to and from the airport for the first time this year with a 25% year on year rise in passenger numbers.
easyJet now operates 20 destinations from London Southend.
In other news, easyJet has also announced that it is to recruit more than 1200 new permanent and fixed term cabin crew positions, over half of which will be based in the UK.
The airline, which flies more than 300 aircraft on over 1000 routes in 33 countries, will offer its new cabin crew positions at some of easyJet’s largest bases across Europe. New recruits will fly on a modern fleet of Airbus, including the A321neo, and will have access to a number of rewards, high quality training and opportunities for career development.
The recruitment announcement follows the recent launch of easyJet’s cabin crew apprenticeship scheme, offering 25 apprentices a year-long programme combining training at easyJet’s Gatwick academy and on the job experience. easyJet was the first airline in the UK to offer apprenticeships under the new Government apprenticeship standards.
easyJet currently employs over 8,700 cabin crew who are at the forefront of the airline’s operations, ensuring the highest safety standards are met and providing friendly service for easyJet’s 90 million passengers every year.
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easyJet on July 12 reached a key milestone with the launch of its 1000th route. The 1000th route, is from Manchester to Bordeaux.
The new routes commencing in winter 2018 are:
Belfast to Fuerteventura
Belfast to Prague
Belfast to Salzburg
Bristol to Larnaca
Bristol to Are Ostersund
Bristol to Sofia
Glasgow to Venice
Liverpool to Toulouse
London Luton to Gibraltar
London Luton to Krakow
Manchester to Lanzarote
Manchester to Barcelona
Manchester to Bordeaux
Manchester to Faro
Manchester to Innsbruck
London Stansted to Hurgharda
The easyJet brand is now operating over 300 aircraft to 150 airports across 33 countries.
Copyright Photo: easyJet (UK) Airbus A320-251N WL G-UZHC (msn 7802) (NEO) PMI (Ton Jochems). Image: 942644.
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easyJet launched its first flight between Jersey and London Luton in March 2008.
The airline has carried over two million customers to and from Jersey in the last decade and over 600,000 in the last 12 months alone. easyJet’s capacity at Jersey is expected to grow around 9% this summer.
easyJet is also celebrating the first flight between Edinburgh and Jersey this weekend.
easyJet, Europe’s leading airline, is celebrating ten years of flying to and from Jersey, serving customers in Jersey with direct connections to key UK cities and providing customers all around the UK with the opportunity to experience the variety that the island of Jersey has to offer.
easyJet launched the very first flight to Jersey on March 20, 2008 from London Luton and since then the airline’s services to and from the island have continued to grow. Just 10 days after the Luton inauguration the airline launched direct flights from Liverpool and over the last decade has expanded its network offering, adding services between Glasgow (2011), London Southend (2012), Newcastle (2013) and London Gatwick and Belfast in 2014.
In January 2018 the airline put seats on sale on between Jersey and Edinburgh for the very first time, with the inaugural flight due to depart from Edinburgh this Saturday, March 31. The route will operate twice a week on Tuesdays and Saturdays throughout the summer season, with fares starting from £30.74.*
easyJet operates eight routes and over 132 flights a week during peak summer, flying over 600,000 passengers to and from Jersey across its UK network each year.
Copyright Photo: easyJet (easyJet.com) (UK) Airbus A319-111 G-EZBE (msn 2884) BSL (Paul Bannwarth). Image: 934538.
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