For summer 2025, easyJet will launch new service between London Southend and Reus, Almeria and Malta. These routes and seven others are currently on sale, including flights to Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Enfidha, Marrakech, Dalaman, Antalya and Pisa.
On Friday (August 23, 2024), easyJet announced the launch of new service from London Southend to Reus and Almeria in Spain, as well as the popular Mediterranean island on Malta from March 2025. Previously, the carrier announced the opening of a three aircraft base at London Southend Airport, along with seven new package holiday destinations, including Gran Canaria and Tenerife (Canary Islands), Dalaman and Antalya (Turkey), Enfidha (Tunisia), Marrakech (Morocco) and Pisa (Italy). Both flight-only and easyJet Holidays packages are both now available for booking, with the first flights set for departure on March 30, 2025. With the added routes, easyJet expands their offer from London Southend to 17 beach, city and ski destinations.
In Friday’s announcement, easyJet’s UK Country Manager, Ali Gayward, said,
“We are delighted to be putting 10 new routes on sale from our new base at London Southend Airport, which we look forward to opening next spring. Our continued growth and investment in the UK highlights the importance of this market and provides UK consumers with even more choice, with our customers choosing our flights and holidays for our trusted brand, unrivalled network and great value fares.
“We have flown over seven million customers from London Southend since we started our operation there in 2012 and, whether they are flying for business or leisure, we look forward to welcoming even more of them onboard.”
Also commenting on easyJet’s network expansion, London Southend Airport’s Acting CEO, Marc Taylor, added,
“London Southend Airport is committed to providing a seamless, high-quality travel experience for people living in the east of London, Essex and East Anglia region, and we thank easyJet for expanding its range of choices.
Thousands of travellers from across the south east have already chosen London Southend as their airport of choice for trips to Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands and France this summer, and advanced flight and holidays bookings already filling up for winter sun, city and ski breaks. With quick and easy direct connections to our airport – just 53 minutes from London Liverpool Street by train and 42 minutes from Stratford, London – our passengers can now access even more fantastic destinations across Europe.”
easyJet serves over 155 airports across 35 countries and operates nearly 1,000 routes. The airline has a fleet of more than 300 aircraft, and over 300 million Europeans live within an hour’s drive of an airport served by easyJet. During 2023, easyJet carried more than 82 million passengers. The popular low-cost carrier (LCC) is dedicated to innovation and leads the industry in digital, web, engineering and operational efficiencies. In 2022, easyJet published their roadmap to net zero by 2050, which features a range of initiatives, including fleet renewal, operational efficiencies, airspace modernization, SAF and carbon removal technology.
Source: easyJet
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