easyJet and easyJet Holidays Announce 11 New Routes and Package Holidays From Newcastle
- Joe Breitfeller
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For summer 2026, easyJet will launch 11 new routes from their new Newcastle Airport base to destinations across Portugal, Spain, France, Greece, Malta, Egypt, Turkey, Tunisia and the Czech Republic.
On Tuesday (June 10, 2025), easyJet and easyJet Holidays announced the launch of 11 new routes and package Holidays from their new base at Newcastle Airport for summer 2026. The new routes will double the carrier’s Newcastle network, providing more low fares and choice for customers in the North East and include destinations across Portugal, Spain, France, Greece, Malta, Egypt, Turkey, Tunisia and the Czech Republic. The new base at Newcastle will open in March 2026, supporting approximately 1,200 jobs.
In Tuesday’s announcement, easyJet’s UK Country Manager, Ali Gayward, said,
“We are really pleased to be able to announce this fantastic range of new routes from our new base at Newcastle for next summer. Our investment in an 11th base in the UK at Newcastle, supporting many jobs for the local economy, is enabling us to provide more direct connectivity, choice and great value for money for our customers in the North East, and we can’t wait to welcome them on board.”
Newcastle Airport’s Director of Aviation Development, Leon McQuaid, added,
“It’s fantastic that easyJet and easyJet holidays are offering 11 additional destinations with packages now on sale, including a brand-new direct route to Nice, which is one of our most requested destinations. These services offer even more choice for our customers seeking low-cost flights and package holidays, and it’s great to announce the destinations ahead of easyJet opening its new base at Newcastle Airport in spring 2026. The base will deliver significant benefits to the Airport and wider region, creating more 1,200 jobs and paving the way for even more exciting new routes, which we look forward to announcing with easyJet in August.”
New summer 2026 services from Newcastle include flights to Antalya and Dalaman in Türkiye, the Greek Islands Rhodes and Corfu, Algarve gateway of Faro in Portugal, the Mediterranean island Malta, Reus in Spain, Prague, and the first route connecting Newcastle to Nice in the south of France. Nonstop connections to North Africa are also set to operate from Newcastle, with services to the popular Egyptian resort of Sharm-El-Sheikh and Enfidha in Tunisia. Currently, easyJet serves eight domestic and international points from Newcastle, including Alicante, Amsterdam, Geneva, Malaga, Palma de Mallorca, Paris, Bristol and Belfast.
easyJet is one of Europe’s largest airlines, and offers a unique 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 over 100 million passengers in 2024 alone. The carrier has more than 340 aircraft flying on over 1,000 routes to more than 160 airports across 35 countries. Over 300 million Europeans live within one hour’s drive of an easyJet airport.
Source: easyJet
