easyJet announces largest new routes release with 60 new routes for winter 2024

• easyJet has put 60 new routes on sale today including 33 from 11 UK airports, taking off from winter 2024
• New range of routes includes flights to Tromso in Norway and Strasbourg in France for the very first time
• Airline’s unrivalled European short-haul network now offers over a thousand routes to over 160 airports across 36 countries providing customers with more choice and great value
• Seats are now on sale on easyJet.com and via the mobile app with fares starting from £26.99* and thousands more package holidays are now available

easyJet has announced its largest release of new routes with 60 new routes now available to book including 33 routes launching from 11 UK airports, with flights taking off for the first time from this winter.

The release includes a new winter service to Tromso in Norway for the very first time with departures from London Gatwick, Bristol and Manchester, as well as a year-round service from London Gatwick to Strasbourg, a brand new French destination for the airline.

New twice-weekly flights to Tromso will launch on 11 November from London Gatwick with departures on Mondays and Fridays, from Manchester on 19 November with departures on Tuesdays and Saturdays and from Bristol on 5 December on Thursdays and Sundays throughout winter, so customers can plan an arctic adventure in one of the best places in the world to see the Northern Lights.

Flights to London Gatwick to Strasbourg will operate three times a week on Mondays, Fridays and Sundays throughout the year, giving customers the choice of a week or weekend break to explore this historic French city.

The airline has launched three routes from London Luton to Athens and Basel which both start on 7 November and Djerba in Tunisia which will start on 11 November. The new route to Athens will operate three times a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, complementing the airline’s existing four UK routes to Athens and as a year-round route, customers can also benefit from this being a gateway to the beautiful Greek islands. The new route to Basel will operate four times a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays and the new route to Djerba will operate year round on Mondays and Fridays.

An additional route to Djerba will also launch from Manchester on 11 November and operate year round on Mondays and Fridays as well as a year round route from Manchester to Zurich which will operate four times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays from 4 November.

easyJet has also announced its second route to Akureyri in Northen Iceland from Manchester, starting on 12 November and operating throughout winter on Tuesdays and Saturdays. easyJet is the only airline that offers direct routes from the UK to Northern Iceland, with a twice-weekly route from London Gatwick that launched last year and now customers have more choice and connectivity to explore Iceland’s Northern winter wonderland.

easyJet’s new base Birmingham has already seen the launch of 16 new routes this year and today the airline has announced another five new routes to serve demand from customers in the Midlands. Year-round routes from Birmingham to Prague and Marrakech will start on 13 November and 1 December respectively and will both operate on Wednesdays and Sundays, with winter routes from Birmingham to Krakow starting on 15 November and operating on Mondays and Fridays, to Reykjavik from 3 December operating on Tuesdays and Saturdays as well as once a week on Sundays to Innsbruck starting from 15 December.

A new route from Bristol to Agadir will launch on 27 October and operate three times a week on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays and a new route from Bristol to Istanbul will launch on 4 November and operate twice a week on Mondays and Fridays, both throughout the year.

From Liverpool, easyJet has announced five new year-round routes, three times a week to Prague from 28 October, twice a week to Marrakech from 13 November, twice a week to Malta from 10 December, twice a week to Berlin from 14 February and once a week to Fuerteventura from 19 February.

easyJet is also expanding its Glasgow network, with three new winter sun destinations. New flights from Glasgow to Lanzarote will operate twice a week on Thursdays and Sundays from 27 October, to Fuerteventura twice a week on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 30 October and to Marrakech twice a week on Mondays and Fridays from 11 November, throughout the winter. A year round city route to Prague will also launch and operate twice a week on Thursdays and Sundays from 7 November. For more year-round sun from Scotland, customers will also now be able to fly from Edinburgh to Agadir on Wednesdays and Saturdays throughout the year starting from 6 November 2024.

Customers in Northern Ireland will also benefit from a winter route to Fuerteventura starting on 28 October and operating on Mondays and Fridays and new year-round route from Belfast International to Prague will launch on 2 November operating twice a week on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Flights to Marrakech from Belfast International will return on 3 November and operating throughout winter on Wednesdays and Sundays.

During January and February 2025, easyJet will fly routes from Leeds to Geneva starting on 18 January and from Newcastle to Lyon starting on 4 January, to provide more convenient connections for customers in the North when booking their winter ski holiday. Also from Newcastle, a new year round route to Paris from 27 October will operate six days a week.

The launch of these new routes mean thousands more package holidays are now available via easyJet holidays for winter 2024.

Ali Gayward, easyJet’s UK Country Manager, commented: “We’re delighted to be releasing an incredible range of new routes today for this winter, with 33 new services now available from 11 airports across the UK. Our flights and holidays are available for even more and brand new destinations including Tromso in Norway and the French city of Strasbourg, further strengthening our unrivalled short-haul European network and providing customers with even more fantastic choice and great value.”

Holidaymakers looking for inspiration can use easyJet’s Low Fare Finder on easyJet.com to search for the lowest fares on easyJet’s entire network, all in one place, allowing them to plan their next holiday at a bargain price. 

easyJet serves 21 UK airports, offering 584 routes to 136 destinations from the UK to Europe and beyond. To discover more about easyJet’s UK network and to book, visit easyJet.com.

For further information, please contact the easyJet Press Office on 01582 525252 or log onto mediacentre.easyJet.com

Notes to editors

Flights on 33 new routes from the UK are now available to book at easyJet.com and via the mobile app:

• London Gatwick to Strasbourg flights will operate three times a week on Mondays, Fridays, and Sundays from 11 November with fares from £46.99*
• London Gatwick to Tromso flights will operate twice weekly on Mondays and Fridays from 11 November with fares from £78.99*
• London Luton to Athens flights will operate three times a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays from 7 November with fares from £35.99*
• London Luton to Basel flights will operate four times a week on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 7 November with fares from £35.99*
• London Luton to Djerba flights will operate twice a week on Mondays and Fridays from 11 November with fares from £51.13*
• Bristol to Agadir flights will operate three times a week on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays from 27 October with fares from £32.99*
• Bristol to Istanbul flights will operate twice a week on Mondays and Fridays from 4 November with fares from £49.99*
• Bristol to Tromso flights will operate twice a week on Thursdays and Sundays from 5 December with fares from £65.99*
• Birmingham to Innsbruck flights will operate once a week on 15 December 15 December with fares from £26.99*
• Birmingham to Keflavík flights will operate twice a week on Tuesdays and Saturdays from 12 November with fares from £36.17*
• Birmingham to Krakow flights will operate twice a week on Mondays and Fridays from 15 November with fares from £32.99*
• Birmingham to Prague flights will operate twice a week on Wednesdays and Sundays from 13 November with fares from £27.99*
• Birmingham to Marrakech flights will operate twice a week on Wednesdays and Sundays from 6 November with fares from £29.99*
• Liverpool to Berlin flights will operate twice a week on Mondays and Fridays from 14 February with fares from £31.99*
• Liverpool to Fuerteventura flights will operate once a week on Wednesdays from 19 February with fares from £27.99*
• Liverpool to Malta flights will operate twice a week on Tuesdays and Saturdays from 10 December with fares from £32.99*
• Liverpool to Prague flights will operate three times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 28 October with fares from £26.99*
• Liverpool to Marrakech flights will operate twice a week on Wednesdays and Sundays from 13 November with fares from £37.99*
• Manchester to Akureyri flights will operate twice a week on Tuesdays and Saturdays from 12 November with fares from £31.17*
• Manchester to Djerba flights will operate twice a week on Mondays and Fridays from 11 November with fares from £43.13*
• Manchester to Tromso flights will operate twice a week on Tuesdays and Saturdays from 19 November with fares from £29.99*
• Manchester to Zurich flights will operate four times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays from 4 November with fares from £26.99*
• Newcastle to Paris flights will operate six times a week on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from 27 October with fares from £26.99*
• Newcastle to Lyon flights will operate once a week on Saturdays from 4 January with fares from £29.99*
• Leeds Bradford to Geneva flights will operate twice a week on Saturdays and Sundays from 18 January with fares from £40.99*
• Belfast International to Fuerteventura flights will operate twice weekly on Mondays and Fridays from 28 October with fares from £26.99*
• Belfast International to Marrakech flights will operate twice weekly on Wednesdays and Sundays from 3 November with fares from £26.99*
• Belfast International to Prague flights will operate twice weekly on Tuesdays and Saturdays from 2 November with fares from £32.99*
• Glasgow to Fuerteventura flights will operate twice weekly on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 30 October with fares from £33.99*
• Glasgow to Lanzarote flights will operate twice weekly on Thursdays and Sundays from 27 October with fares from £32.99*
• Glasgow to Marrakech flights will operate twice weekly on Mondays and Fridays from 11 November with fares from £37.99*
• Glasgow to Prague flights will operate twice weekly on Thursdays and Sundays from 7 November with fares from £32.99*
• Edinburgh to Agadir flights will operate twice weekly on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 6 November with fares from £38.99*

Brand new package holidays on new routes available to book with easyJet holidays starting from:

• easyJet holidays offers seven nights at the 4* Valeria Dar Atlas Resort in Marrakech on an All-Inclusive basis for £430 per person including 23kg of luggage per person, transfers and flights from Birmingham on 11 December 2024.
• easyJet holidays offers seven nights at the 4* Beatriz Costa & Spa Hotel in Lanzarote on a half-board basis for £480 per person including 23kg of luggage per person, transfers and flights from Glasgow on 24 November 2024.
• easyJet holidays offers seven nights at the 4* KN Matas Blancas in Fuerteventura on an All-Inclusive basis for £560 per person including 23kg of luggage per person, transfers and flights from Belfast on 8 November 2024.
• easyJet holidays offers seven nights at the 3* Luna Holiday Complex in Malta on a self-catering basis for £212 per person including 23kg of luggage per person, transfers and flights from Liverpool on 10 December 2024.
• easyJet holidays offers three nights at the 4* Athens One Smart Hotel in Athens on a bed & breakfast basis for £265 per person including 23kg of luggage per person, transfers and flights from London Luton on 5 December 2024.
• easyJet holidays offers three nights at the 3* Eklo Marne La Vallee in Athens on a room only basis for £245 per person including 23kg of luggage per person, transfers and flights from Newcastle on 3  2024.

*Flights one way per person including taxes

About easyJet

easyJet is Europe’s leading airline offering a unique and winning combination of the best route network connecting Europe’s primary airports with great value fares and friendly service. easyJet flies on more of Europe’s most popular routes than any other airline and carried more than 82 million passengers in 2023 with more than 11.3 million travelling for business. The airline has over 300 aircraft flying on nearly 1000 routes to more than 155 airports across 35 countries. Over 300 million Europeans live within one hour’s drive of an easyJet airport.

easyJet aims to be a good corporate citizen, employing people on local contracts in eight countries across Europe in full compliance with national laws and recognising their trade unions. The airline supports several local charities and has a corporate partnership with UNICEF which has raised nearly £17m for the most vulnerable children since it was established in 2012.

In 2022, easyJet published its roadmap to net zero by 2050. The roadmap, which also features a combination of fleet renewal, operational efficiencies, airspace modernisation, Sustainable Aviation Fuel and carbon removal technology, has set an ambitious interim carbon emissions intensity reduction target of 35% by 2035 which is validated by the Science-based targets initiative (SBTi). The airline’s ultimate aim is to fully transition its fleet to zero carbon emission technology, which it will achieve through a number of strategic partnerships including with Airbus, Rolls-Royce and GKN Aerospace Solutions. Since 2000, the airline has successfully reduced its carbon emissions per passenger, per kilometre by one-third.  

Innovation is in easyJet’s DNA – since launching nearly 30 years ago, easyJet changed the way people fly to the present day where the airline leads the industry in digital and operational innovations to make travel more easy and affordable for its passengers.

In 2023 easyJet was named by TIME as one of the World’s Best Companies and a Leader in Diversity 2024 by The Financial Times.

About easyJet Holidays

easyJet holidays, which launched in 2019, is one of the major players in the tour operator industry, having taken almost 2 million people away in 2023. It offers great-value beach, city and lakes holidays to over 7000 hotels, in more than 100 destinations across Europe, directly through its website and through over 5000 travel agent partners. The ATOL-protected holidays can be secured with a deposit of just £60 per person, including flights, hotel, 23kg luggage and transfers on beach holidays. easyJet holidays is a member of ABTA, and all packages are covered by its Ultimate Flexibility, offering freedom to change a booking, a refund guarantee, and best price guarantee. In 2024 the holiday provider also started operating from Switzerland, France and Germany.

Winners of the Sustainable Future Award at the Globe Travel Awards, easyJet holidays’ sustainability strategy,‘Holiday Better’, focuses on three key pillars – create better holiday choices which is about making sustainable travel affordable and accessible to everyone; keep our holidays special which is maximising the benefits and minimising the negative impacts of travel and tourism, and transform travel for everyone which means embedding sustainability into business decisions and behaviours and driving meaningful change in the industry. The tour operator has partnered with UN Tourism to help develop the first environmental, social and governance (ESG) framework for tourism businesses, co-designing a measurement tool that is meaningful and feasible for better monitoring how tourism businesses impact, and depend on, people, planet and prosperity.

easyJet holidays has been named one of the Sunday Times Best Places to Work2023 and 2024,, as well as being named one of the Best Workplaces in Travel 2023.