Airline announces more new routes and UK fleet growth for 2025
easyJet will launch six new routes from four UK airports this summer and is growing its fleet with an additional A320 family aircraft at its Bristol base, supporting around 400 jobs.
New services set to take off this summer include flights to Milan Linate from Manchester and Edinburgh and two new routes from Birmingham to Gibraltar and Bordeaux.
The additional aircraft in Bristol will support the launch of two new routes to Palermo in Italy and Almeria in Spain.
The new routes to Milan Linate have been enabled by the opening of a five aircraft base at Linate next spring, following approval by the European Commission for easyJet to be the short haul remedy taker of slots in Milan Linate and Rome Fiumicino, as part of the transaction between ITA Airways and Lufthansa.
From Birmingham, flights to Bordeaux will take off from 1 May and to Gibraltar from 1 June 2025, with twice-weekly departures on Thursdays and Sundays throughout the summer to Bordeaux and flights year-round to Gibraltar.
The airline has also confirmed that a 19th Airbus A320 family aircraft at Bristol will now join additional aircraft at Manchester, Edinburgh and Birmingham arriving this summer, along with three aircraft at the airline’s newest UK base in London Southend which opens at the end of March 2025.
Ali Gayward, easyJet UK country manager, said: "Following another consecutive record summer, easyJet is continuing to grow in the UK next year with more aircraft, enabling us to offer an even greater choice of flights and package holidays for our customers across the country.
“Our investment in two new bases Italy will also benefit our customers in the UK, providing great value and convenient connectivity to major European cities, whether they’re travelling for leisure or business, and we look forward to welcoming them on board.”
