easyJet

Following the collapse of the XL Group, easyJet, the UK’s largest airline, has added extra flights from Gatwick to Las Palmas (Gran Canaria), Dalaman (Turkey) and Arrecife (Lanzarote) this October. The additional seats are in response to a lack of available seats between the UK and these key holiday destinations.

As a result of ongoing travel disruption of Eurotunnel services easyJet has added further flights to Paris (Charles de Gaulle) from London Luton this week.

easyJet has unveiled plans to reduce its point of sale (POS) fee on bookings made through Global Distribution Systems (GDS) and other approved third party distribution channels connected to its Application Programming Interface (API). The fee, which has up to now been based on a variable fee of up to £5 (€7.50) per seat (depending on the number of seats booked), will now be set at a fixed fee of £3.30 (€4) per seat.

easyJet has announced another new route from London Gatwick to Istanbul. The new daily route will launch on 12 December 2008, with fares from £35.99 one way (£58.98 return) including tax. This new route to Istanbul brings the total number of routes from Gatwick to 51 this winter and the airline expects over 100,000 passengers to travel on the new service in the first 12 months.

easyJet has announced a new route from London Gatwick to Salzburg in Austria. The new route, which commences on 13 December, will operate three times weekly and offer fares from just £32.99 one way including tax.

easyJet, Europe's leading low-fares airline, today unveiled plans to launch two new routes from Manchester this winter to Sofia (Bulgaria) and Geneva (Switzerland). The new Sofia route which will commence on 11 December and the new Geneva route on 12 December, will be available from just £33.99 one way and £29.99 one way respectively.

England World Cup winner and Lions Rugby star, Will Greenwood MBE, has launched easyJet's in-flight collection campaign for leukaemia charity, The Anthony Nolan Trust. Throughout the summer, easyJet cabin crew will be asking passengers to donate any loose change to support the charity.

easyJet, the UK’s largest airline, has launched its winter 2008/9 schedule for flights from London Luton and London Gatwick. Flights from 3 November 2008 to 28 March 2009 are on sale now at easyJet.com, with fares available on domestic routes from £19.99 one way and European destinations from £21.99 one way including all taxes.

easyJet, Europe’s leading low-fares airline, has launched its latest new route from London Gatwick to the Swiss city of Basel this month. The daily service is available from just £28.99 one way including tax.

easyJet has today launched its winter 2008/9 schedule for flights from Bristol, East Midlands, Manchester and Newcastle. Flights from 2 November 2008 to 28 March 2009 are on sale now with fares from £21.99 one way.

easyJet taking out advertisements in the national newspapers as part of its long-running campaign to make air tax greener and to cut out the subsidies. Last year, the Government announced that it will scrap the current structure of Air Passenger Duty (APD) and replace it with a flight tax, i.e. a tax on planes.

easyJet has launched a new service from London Gatwick to the French coastal town of Biarritz. The new four-times weekly service (Sunday, Monday, Wednesday & Friday), will provide easy and low-cost access to some of the most beautiful beaches, breathtaking landscapes and mouth-watering nouvelle cuisine in the Basque Country.

Lufthansa Systems today announced that easyJet, Europe’s fourth largest airline, will begin using Lido Operations Center (Lido OC), to plan all of its flight routings from October 2008.

easyJet today celebrates the arrival of its eleventh based aircraft at Milan Malpensa Airport and announces the airline’s further expansion at Northern Italy’s most important airport.

easyJet has introduced a facility to allow passengers to purchase extra weight allowance for their hold baggage in advance of their flight. The new facility will allow passengers to pay their excess weight charges online, at a reduced rate, which will also save them time at the airport.

CFM and easyJet celebrate a milestone in the airline’s ambition to be recognized as one of the world’s most environmentally-efficient airlines by revealing new engines that will reduce NOx (mono-nitrogen oxides) emissions by 25% and bring considerable progress in terms of CO2 emissions, fuel consumption and maintenance costs.

easyJet, the UK’s largest airline, has launched a new service from Newcastle to Murcia. The new three times weekly (Tuesday, Thursday & Sunday) service will provide the north east's travellers with some of the most beautiful beaches along the Spanish coastline.

easyJet, Europe’s leading low-fares airline, reached its 10th anniversary at London Stansted last week. The airline’s first flight, under the brand name ‘Go’, took off on 21 May 1998 to the Italian capital, Rome. ‘Go’ subsequently merged with easyJet on 1 August 2002, creating one of Europe’s largest low-fares airlines.

easyJet, Europe’s leading low-fares airline, launches its latest new route from London Gatwick to the French city of Nantes. The daily service is available from just £23.99 one way including tax.

easyJet hit the streets of Bristol last week as the easyJetHolidays bus arrived in town. The interactive orange bus toured the city giving everyone the chance to win some great prizes such as flights, easyJetHoldays (flights & accommodation), beach balls, base ball caps and flip–flops, ahead of the summer holiday season.

easyJet has launched its October 2008 schedule for flights from the UK to Europe and domestic destinations. Flights from 28 September 2008 to 2 November 2008 are on sale now. You can now grab family holiday in the October Half Term school holidays, or enjoy the last of the Autumn sun.

Mondial Assistance announces the promotion of Aimee Charlwood to Senior Account Manager for its Corporate and Travel Sales Department. As Business Development Manager, Aimee was responsible for the successful expansion of the prestigious easyJet Travel Insurance account, which saw easyJet’s record profits in 2007. The steady progress of Aimee’s career is a clear illustration of Mondial Assistance’s focus on staff development as part of its overall business growth strategy.

easyJet will welcome 450,000 passengers on its flights over the May Bank Holiday period thanks to its huge choice of fantastic destinations and combination of low-fares with care and convenience.

easyJet, The UK's largest airline, unveiled plans to introduce another new route from Manchester to Alicante in Spain today. The new route will launch on 29 September operating four times weekly throughout the winter, with fares from just £27.99 one way including tax.

easyJet is the number one website for booking flights online, shows new research by Which? Holiday magazine. The survey of Which? members found that flights are the most popular online travel purchase, with one in five people (21 per cent) naming Easyjet as their favourite site for booking flights; many commented on how easy it was to use.