easyJet announces 16 new destinations

easyJet, Europe’s leading low-fares airline, today announced that 32 routes operated by GB Airways for summer 2008 are now available for sale at easyJet.com. These include flights to great sunshine destinations such as Sharm El Sheikh, the Canary Islands, Corfu, the Greek Islands and Turkey.

In October 2007, easyJet announced its intention to buy Gatwick-based GB airways, which operates as a British Airways franchise. The deal is expected to complete in January 2008. However, BA has now terminated all sales for flights from 30 March 2008 onwards. In order to continue to provide competition and choice for customers, easyJet has entered into a code-share agreement and can offer the GB Airways routes through easyJet.com.

In total easyJet will now offer a choice of 66 routes from Gatwick and a further six from Manchester. The GB Airways Heathrow operation is expected to terminate at the end of March.

It is intended that GB Airways will continue to operate all routes under the British Airways brand until 29 March. After this, subject to regulatory approval, the GB flights will operate under the easyJet brand and all customers who have booked to travel with GB Airways next summer will be given the choice of flying with easyJet at the same times or else receive a refund. By winter 2008, GB Airways will be fully integrated into the easyJet business model subject to regulatory clearance.

Now available to book:

From London Gatwick to:

Ajaccio (Corsica) NEW
Alicante
Bastia (Corsica) NEW
Corfu NEW
Dalaman NEW
Faro
Gibraltar NEW
Gran Canaria (Las Palmas) NEW
Crete (Heraklion) NEW
Cyprus (Paphos) NEW
Hurghada (Until 30 April) NEW
Ibiza
Innsbruck
Lanzarote (Arrecife) NEW
Madeira (Funchal) NEW
Majorca (Palma) NEW
Malaga
Malta NEW
Marrakech
Menorca (Mahon) NEW
Montpellier NEW
Mykonos NEW
Nantes NEW
Rhodes NEW
Sharm El Sheik NEW
Tenerife (South) NEW

From Manchester to:

Crete (Heraklion) NEW
Cyprus (Paphos) NEW
Innsbruck (Until 3 April)
Malaga
Malta NEW
Tenerife (South) NEW

GB airways operates to a total of 39 destinations with a fleet of 15 Airbus 320s and 321s from three bases in Gatwick, Heathrow and Manchester. The deal, which is currently in the process of being finalised, is expected to be complete by the end of January 2008 and will enable easyJet to expand further from its largest base at London Gatwick as well as introduce its unique brand of low-fares with care and convenience to Manchester.