easyJet announces new route from Birmingham to Lisbon

• The airline has confirmed a new route from Birmingham to Lisbon will take off from 2 November 2022
• Seats will go on sale 15^th August on easyJet.com and via the mobile app
• New route becomes easyJet’s 10^th route from Birmingham
• This winter easyJet will be the number one carrier between the UK and Portugal

easyJet, the UK’s largest airline, has announced a new route from Birmingham to Lisbon in Portugal which will take off this winter. The new route comes following new services from the airport to Nantes, Faro, Malaga and Palma de Mallorca, which took off for the first time earlier this summer.  

Flights to Lisbon are scheduled to take off from Birmingham from 2 November 2022 with departures twice a week on Wednesdays and Saturdays, providing a convenient direct connection for customers in the midlands to enjoy a city break to Portugal’s cosmopolitan capital this winter. Seats go on sale on easyJet.com and via the mobile app from 15^th August.

In recent months, easyJet’s operations in Birmingham have seen sustained growth, and the airline now serves customers in Birmingham and surrounding area via ten airports in the UK and Europe, connecting to city, ski, and beach destinations via Belfast, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Amsterdam, Geneva, Palma, Malaga, Faro, Nantes - and now Lisbon.

This winter the airline will be the number one carrier between the UK and Portugal, offering more seats than any other airline and more choice for customers when it comes to picking a winter break.

Ali Gayward, easyJet’s UK Country Manager said:
“As the UK’s largest airline, we are delighted to announce yet another new route from Birmingham today. We remain focused on offering more choice and great value for our customers in the Midlands, whether they are travelling on their holidays, visiting friends and family, or for business, and I would like to thank our fantastic customers for choosing to fly with easyJet.”
easyJet serves 19 UK airports, offering over 464 routes to over 135 destinations from the UK to Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. To discover more about easyJet’s UK network 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:

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 several local charities and 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 committed to reaching net-zero carbon emissions flying by 2050. Together with its partners, including Airbus, Rolls-Royce, Cranfield Aerospace Solutions and Wright Electric, easyJet is working to accelerate the development of zero-emission aircraft technology. In the meantime, the airline is offsetting the carbon emissions from the fuel used for all its flights, at no additional cost to its customers, and only supports projects that are certified by Gold Standard or the Verified Carbon Standard, internationally recognised certification schemes. In addition, easyJet continues to renew its fleet, operate efficiently, and aims to fill most of its seats. Since 2000, over a 20-year period, the airline reduced its carbon emissions per passenger, per kilometre by over one-third, and aims to bring this down further.

Innovation is in easyJet’s DNA – since launching over 25 years ago, easyJet changed the way people fly to the present day where the airline leads the industry in digital, web, engineering and operational innovations to make travel more easy-and-affordable for its 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.