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GNTO Partners with EasyJet holidays to Boost Greek Tourism
The Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) and tour operator EasyJet holidays on Wednesday announced a four-year partnership designed to strengthen Greece’s position as a premier travel destination. The announcement was made at the World Travel Market (WTM) 2024 expo in London. EasyJet, one of the largest carriers from the UK to Greece, currently operates 136 routes to 14 popular Greek destinations, including Kos, Corfu, Crete, and Rhodes.
easyJet puts 10 new routes on sale from London Southend Airport for Summer 2025
easyJet has announced three brand-new routes are on sale from London Southend Airport to Reus and Almeria in Spain, and the popular Mediterranean island of Malta, with departures from March 2025. Earlier this year, easyJet announced the opening of a three-aircraft base at London’s award-winning Southend airport, along with seven new package holiday destinations: Gran Canaria and Tenerife in the Canary Islands, Dalaman and Antalya in Turkey, Enfidha in Tunisia, Marrakech in Morocco and Pisa in Italy.
OVER 50s SOAR TO NEW HEIGHTS easyJet launches cabin crew ‘Returnship’ initiative
easyJet is launching a new recruitment drive for cabin crew with more over 50s, careers changers and those looking to ‘unretire’ among those being encouraged to apply. The airline has launched a new initiative dubbed ‘Returnships’, after new research showed that three quarters of over 50’s (74%) agreed that this was the perfect time for a new career and 67% have considered returning to work.
Europe’s Alternative Must-See Sports Revealed
Wife carrying championships, wine marathon and lake leaping contest top alternative summer sports Brits want to travel to Mud Olympics in Germany, Hobby Horse Championships in Finland and famous British Cheese rolling also feature on the list
easyJet set for busiest ever summer as holidays take off
easyJet expects to fly more passengers than ever before this summer operating 80,000 flights over the school holidays The airline will see its busiest day of the summer on 28 July expecting to fly over 300,000 customers on nearly 2000 flights across its European network
easyJet announces year-round connection from London Gatwick to Menorca
Europe’s leading airline easyJet has today announced it has extended its existing summer route from Menorca to London Gatwick to operate throughout the winter meaning the Balearic Island will now be served year-round.
easyJet to digitise onboard Aircraft Technical log to cut down on paper use and weight
easyJet is replacing weighty Paper Technical and Cabin Logs previously used by cabin crew, engineers, ground crew and flight crew with the new e-techlog system, which will be rolled out across its 346-strong fleet of aircraft during 2025.
easyJet announces largest new routes release with 60 new routes for winter 2024
easyJet has announced its largest release of new routes with 60 new routes now available to book including 33 routes launching from 11 UK airports, with flights taking off for the first time from this winter. The release includes a new winter service to Tromso in Norway for the very first time with departures from London Gatwick, Bristol and Manchester, as well as a year-round service from London Gatwick to Strasbourg, a brand new French destination for the airline.
easyJet announces new route from Liverpool John Lennon Airport to Malta
easyJet has today announced it will launch a new year-round route between Liverpool and Malta. Flights will take off for the first time on 10th December 2024 and operate twice a week on Tuesdays and Sundays all year-round. The new route to Malta will be the fourth the airline has added to its Liverpool network in the last 12 months, following new services being introduced to Enfida in Tunisia, Hurghada in Egypt and the Greek island of Corfu.
easyJet Launches Generation easyJet Pilot Training Programme to Encourage Diversity in Aviation
easyJet has reopened applications for its Generation easyJet Pilot Training Programme, aiming to recruit 1,000 new pilots by 2028. With only 6% of pilots worldwide being women, easyJet is actively addressing this gender disparity through initiatives like recruitment campaigns and pilot school visits.
easyJet holidays’ Big Orange Sale has landed, offering agent partners up to £200 off bookings
Agents can use code ORANGESALE to offer customers up to £200 discount on a sunshine getaway. Travel dates up to 31 October 2025 to over 100 destinations with thousands of free kids spaces up for grabs. Choose from popular destinations of Mallorca, Tenerife, Dalaman and Rhodes
Ground-breaking airport hydrogen trial
A ground-breaking airside hydrogen refuelling trial, led by easyJet and supported by several cross-industry partners, has been successfully completed at Bristol Airport – the first airport trial of its kind at a major UK airport.