Summer holidays take off

• Menorca, Malaga, Alicante, Faro and Lisbon are among the most popular destinations for flights this summer
• easyJet announces great value late summer fares with seats to hotspot destinations across Europe on offer from just 22.99*
• easyJet is providing more flexibility for flights than ever before through its Protection Promise including fee-free flight changes to any date or destination up to two hours before departure

With the arrival of school summer holidays across the UK, easyJet is warming up for the busiest weekend of the year as families prepare to jet off on a well-deserved holiday or reunite with friends and loved ones. The airline is preparing to carry over 135,000 passengers this weekend from the UK on over 80 routes to Green and Amber destinations across Europe.

In total, there will be 251 easyJet flights taking to the skies, connecting UK passengers to some of Europe’s key summer hotspots. Popular flight destinations include Malta, Madeira, Malaga, Faro and Lisbon in Portugal, and Corfu and Athens in Greece.

A recent survey showed that 61% of Brits say they are much more likely to want to travel abroad once they have been double jabbed with the research revealing that travel was a major reason in (47%) driving their decision to get vaccinated.

Great value deals are still to be had this summer with fares available from just 22.99* for those looking to get away on a long-awaited holiday. For holidaymakers seeking the sun, the sea breeze and taking revitalising swims in crystal-clear waters, flights to destinations including Ibiza, Corfu, Alicante and Tenerife are still available this summer.

For culture-seekers looking for a city break escape, easyJet is offering low fares to Madrid, Athens and Lisbon from just 22.99*.
 
Ali Gayward, easyJet’s UK Country Manager, commented:
 
“With schools breaking up for summer this weekend sees the busiest weekend so far this year and we are looking forward to taking as many people as we can on that long-awaited and well-deserved trip, or to reunite them with their loved ones.”
 
All customers booking flights with easyJet benefit from industry leading flexible booking policies under its ‘Protection Promise’ which means that customers can book now with confidence that if their plans change, so can their booking.
 
All easyJet customers will now be able to change their flights this summer without a change fee at any time up to two hours before departure, providing even more last-minute flexibility. Unlike other airlines, there are no restrictions on dates or destination; customers can transfer to any flights currently on sale up to the end of September 2022, and to any other destination on the airline’s network which spans 35 countries across Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. This means that if some travel restrictions are impacting their destination country, such as self-isolation in destination or on return to the UK, customers can easily change their trip to another country on easyJet’s network. Plus, should a mandatory hotel quarantine impact a customer’s travel destination this summer, customers can now request a refund for their flight within four weeks before departure if the restriction is still in place, even if their flights are still operating.
 
The safety and wellbeing of all customers and crew remains easyJet’s highest priority and the airline continues to have a number of biological safety measures in place onboard in line with guidance from the relevant authorities. This includes daily enhanced cabin disinfection effective in protecting against coronavirus for at least 24 hours and mandatory mask wearing for customers and crew. All easyJet aircraft are already fitted with HEPA filters, similar to those used in hospitals, which filter 99.97% of airborne contaminants in the cabin, including viruses and bacteria.
 
For more information and to book visit easyJet.com.
 
For further information, please contact the easyJet Press Office on 01582 525252, log onto www.easyJet.com or follow @easyJet_Press
 
Notes to editors
*Fares per person one way including taxes and based on two people travelling on the same booking.

About easyJet:
easyJet is Europe’s leading airline offering a unique and winning 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 more than 96 million passengers in 2019 – more than 16 million travelling for business. The airline has over 300 aircraft on nearly 1000 routes to more than 150 airports across 35 countries. Over 300 million Europeans live within one hour’s drive of an easyJet airport.
 
easyJet aims to be a good corporate citizen, employing people on local contracts in eight countries across Europe in full compliance with national laws and recognising their trade unions. The airline supports a number of local charities and also has a corporate partnership with UNICEF which has raised over £14m for the most vulnerable children since it was established in 2012.
 
The airline takes sustainability seriously and is the first major airline to offset the carbon emissions from the fuel used for all of its flights. The airline sees this as an interim measure until new technology becomes available to de-carbonise aviation. In the meantime, easyJet will continue to support innovative technology, operate efficiently and aim to fill most of its seats. Since 2000, we have improved our carbon emission per passenger kilometre efficiency by over one third and we have a target to reach a 38% reduction by 2022.
 
Innovation is in easyJet’s DNA – from our launch over 25 years ago when we changed the way people fly to the present day where we lead the industry in digital, web, engineering and operational innovations to make travel more easy and affordable for our passengers.

The airline was named as Britain’s Most Admired Company of 2020 in the transport sector, retaining the leading position for a second year running. Britain’s Most Admired Companies study is the longest-running annual survey of corporate reputation in the UK.