easyJet named Best Low-Cost Carrier in Europe at the Business Traveller Awards

easyJet, has again been named as the Best Low-Cost Carrier in Europe at this year’s prestigious Business Traveller Awards.

Now celebrating the win for the 20th consecutive year, easyJet has once again taken the crown. The awards are judged by readers of Business Traveller magazine and were announced at the annual Business Traveller Awards.

easyJet has been awarded Best Low-Cost Carrier in Europe by Business Traveller for the last two decades, and the latest accolade comes as the airline gets set to celebrate its 30th anniversary next month.

A fixture of the business travel and hospitality calendar for more than 40 years, this year’s awards were attended by over 250 industry leaders and recognises industry leadership, partnership and innovation from top brands from across Europe.

This year’s awards mark the first time Business Traveller has celebrated both regional and global winners. Over 95,000 votes were cast, with regional winners chosen by public votes and global winners combining public input with insights from a panel of 20 top industry judges.

Last month the airline won three Aviation Industry Awards, scooping the Women in Aviation Award for easyJet pilot, Debbie Thomas, for her dual role as a pilot and her sustainability work with the likes of Rolls-Royce, the Aviation Sustainability &

Environment Award for easyJet’s innovative light-weight paint roll out, and the Aviation Innovation Award.

Last year the airline won the Achievement in Sustainability award at the inaugural Business Travel Sustainability Awards.

In February the airline launched easyJet Plus for Business which enables businesses to buy, manage and receive discounts on multiple memberships on behalf of their employees and access a range of special travel benefits.

James Marchant, easyJet’s Head of Business Development said:

It is a great honour for us to have been chosen as Best Low-Cost Carrier in Europe 2025. We know it is important for our business customers to connect in person with their colleagues and customers across Europe and that when they need to fly, they want the best value, ease, a convenient schedule to Europe’s primary airports, and an airline that is serious about its commitment to achieving net zero carbon emissions.”

The airline has a well-established and attractive business passenger offering including a varied slot portfolio, leading punctuality and an unrivalled network of primary airports - and carried over 12.1 million business passengers over the last 12 months.

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About easyJet

easyJet is one of Europe’s largest airlines 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 100 million passengers in 2024. The airline has over 350 aircraft flying on over 1000 routes to more than 160 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 nine 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 £17m for the most vulnerable children since it was established in 2012.

In 2022, easyJet published its roadmap to net zero by 2050. The roadmap, which also features a combination of fleet renewal, operational efficiencies, airspace modernisation, Sustainable Aviation Fuel and carbon removal technology, has set an ambitious interim carbon emissions intensity reduction target of 35% by 2035, validated by the Science-based targets initiative (SBTi). The airline’s ultimate aim is to fully transition its fleet to zero carbon emission technology, which it will achieve through a number of strategic partnerships including with Airbus, Rolls-Royce and GKN Aerospace Solutions. Since 2000, the airline has successfully reduced its carbon emissions per passenger, per kilometre by one-third and is the number 1 ESG rated airline in Europe by Sustainalytics, MSCI and CDP.

Innovation is in easyJet’s DNA – since launching nearly 30 years ago, easyJet changed the way people fly to the present day where the airline leads the industry in digital and operational innovations to make travel more easy and affordable for its passengers.

In 2023 easyJet was named by TIME as one of the World’s Best Companies and a Leader in Diversity 2024 by The Financial Times.