easyJet introduces new inflight retail range with focus on locally sourced fresh produce

Locally sourced products showcased in redesigned brochure  LONDON, 2014-10-20 — /Travel PR News/ — easyJet, the UK’s largest airline, has introduced a new inflight retail range with a focus on locally sourced fresh produce. The lineup includes handmade Scottish shortbread, Swiss chocolate, Bonne Maman Lemon Tartlets and a selection of fresh sandwiches with locally sourced ingredients…. Read the full press release

easyJet announced six new routes from Amsterdam alongside some additional frequencies

easyJet announces plans for new Amsterdam base which opens in Spring 2015 with both business and leisure passengers to benefit from expanded services LONDON, 2014-10-20 — /Travel PR News/ — easyJet, the UK’s largest and the Netherlands second largest airline, today announced six new routes from Amsterdam alongside some additional frequencies.  In total, easyJet will now connect… Read the full press release

easyJet again voted Best Low-Cost Airline at the prestigious Business Traveller Awards

easyJet, the UK’s largest airline, has again been voted Best Low-Cost Airline at the prestigious Business Traveller Awards  LONDON, 2014-10-13 — /Travel PR News/ — easyJet, the UK’s largest airline, has again been voted Best Low-Cost Airline at the prestigious Business Traveller Awards easyJet has steadily increased its market share of the business travel market… Read the full press release

easyJet launches new passport scanning function to its award-winning mobile app, the first European airline to have such feature

New feature enables passengers to scan their passport using camera phone  LONDON, 2014-10-13 — /Travel PR News/ — easyJet, the UK’s largest and one of Europe’s leading airlines, has today launched a new passport scanning function to its award-winning mobile app, making it the first European airline to have such a feature. easyJet’s app, which… Read the full press release

easyJet launched its first ever £8.5m integrated pan-European TV ad campaign focused on what it has to offer business travellers

LONDON, 2014-9-16 — /Travel PR News/ — The airline launches its first business travel TV advertising campaign. The £8.5m integrated pan-European ad campaign will launch in the UK on 13 September. easyJet, the UK’s largest airline, has launched its first ever TV campaign focused on what it has to offer business travellers. Passengers travelling for… Read the full press release

easyJet invited Henry Smith MP for Crawley to London Gatwick airport to hear about the airline’s Change for Good onboard collections

Generous Gatwick passengers have donated over £841,000 on easyJet flights to raise money in the global fight against polio LONDON, 2014-8-21 — /Travel PR News/ — easyJet, the UK and London Gatwick airport’s largest airline, invited Henry Smith  MP for Crawley to London Gatwick airport yesterday, 20 August 2014, to hear about  the airline’s Change for… Read the full press release

easyJet responds as Icelandic volcano Bardarbunga escalates

The Airline industry is Preparing for the Advent of Another Potential Ash Cloud Over Britain’s skies.  LONDON, 2014-8-21 — /Travel PR News/ — With the recent news that the Icelandic volcano, Bardarbunga, is on orange alert (one notch below red), the airline industry is preparing itself for the advent of another potential ash cloud over Britain’s… Read the full press release

Member of Parliament for Luton South Gavin Shuker joins easyJet onboard to raise funds in support of UNICEF in the global fight against Polio

Generous Luton passengers have raised around a quarter of a million pounds through collections on easyJet flights since the partnership began  LONDON, 2014-8-5 — /Travel PR News/ — easyJet, the UK and London Luton airport’s largest airline, invited Gavin Shuker, Member of Parliament for Luton South onboard today – 1 August 2014 to lend a helping… Read the full press release

easyJet reports interim management statement for the quarter ended 30 June 2014

LONDON, 2014-7-24 — /Travel PR News/ — easyJet reports interim management statement for the quarter ended 30 June 2014 A. HIGHLIGHTS:  easyJet performance in the quarter • Revenue per seat grew by 2.7% at constant currency or by 1.7% on a reported basis to £62.47 per seat despite a less benign capacity environment and a significant… Read the full press release

easyJet welcomes the deal between Nicarnica Aviation and Elbit Systems related to the AVOID based ash detection technology

Airline one step closer to putting the technology onboard its aircraft LONDON, 2014-7-17 — /Travel PR News/ — easyJet, the UK’s largest airline, has welcomed the deal secured by Nicarnica Aviation and Elbit Systems to incorporate the AVOID based ash detection technology into Elbit Systems EVS solution. Production will start in 2015 and easyJet aims to fit… Read the full press release

easyJet announced the 25th base in its European network and 2nd in Portugal to open in Porto next year

LONDON, 2014-7-17 — /Travel PR News/ — Two A320 aircraft will be stationed at Francisco de Sá Carneiro airport, Porto offering enhanced connections across Europe 80 direct jobs to be created in Porto and surrounding region Two A320 aircraft will be stationed at Francisco de Sá Carneiro airport, Porto offering enhanced connections across Europe 80 direct… Read the full press release

easyJet announced the release of seven new “Fearless Flyer” course dates across the UK to help nervous travellers overcome their phobia of flying

LONDON, 2014-7-2 — /Travel PR News/ — easyJet, the UK’s largest airline, has today announced the release of seven new “Fearless Flyer” course dates across the UK to help even more nervous travellers overcome their phobia of flying. From Autumn 2014 easyJet’s Fearless Flyer course will be run at Gatwick, Belfast, Luton, Edinburgh, Manchester, Bristol… Read the full press release

easyJet awarded Best Airline for Inflight Retail and Best Airline for Inflight Food and Beverage at the Airline Retail Conference 2014

LONDON, 2014-6-24 — /Travel PR News/ — easyJet, the UK’s largest airline, is celebrating for the second year running following one of the industry’s prestigious events, the Airline Retail Conference 2014 (ARC). The airline picked up accolades for both the Best Airline for Inflight Retail and Best Airline for Inflight Food and Beverage. The conference and awards… Read the full press release

easyJet celebrates 15 years of operation from Liverpool John Lennon Airport by welcoming 17 new Cabin Crew

LIVERPOOL, UK, 2014-6-17 — /Travel PR News/ — easyJet, the UK’s largest airline, this week celebrates 15 years of operation from Liverpool John Lennon Airport  by welcoming 17 new Cabin Crew. easyJet opened  a permanent base at Liverpool John Lennon Airport in June 1999 and has since flown almost 15 million passengers from the airport.  The latest… Read the full press release

easyJet awarded five top awards at the 2014 Marketing Society Awards for Excellence

LONDON, 2014-6-13 — /Travel PR News/ — easyJet, the UK’s largest airline and Europe’s fourth largest, is celebrating after being awarded five top awards at the 2014 Marketing Society Awards for Excellence this week. The airline, which has transformed low cost travel for a whole generation of travellers, was commended for their renowned ‘Europe by easyJet’… Read the full press release

easyJet adds third Airbus A320 aircraft based at Nice Cote D’Azur airport

LONDON, 2014-6-13 — /Travel PR News/ — easyJet, the UK’s largest and Europe’s leading airline has today announced the addition of a third Airbus A320 aircraft which will be based at Nice Cote D’Azur airport to further strengthen easyJet’s long term commitment to the region. The aircraft addition will result in the creation of 37 new… Read the full press release

London Gatwick and easyJet join forces to showcase the exceptional experience, facilities and products they have to offer business passengers

Gatwick achieves record moving annual passenger numbers of 36.5 million – with 20% of passengers now travelling on business Gatwick flies to more destinations than any other London airport – including 46 of the top 50 European business cities Savvy business travellers are choosing Gatwick for its time-saving office to plane door journey and transformed… Read the full press release

easyJet’s poll reveals where passengers prefer to sit on the plane

LONDON, 2014-6-4 — /Travel PR News/ — Window or aisle? Front or back? With millions set to jet off this summer easyJet has revealed the most popular places to sit on the plane. The UK’s largest airline polled 10,000 passengers from countries across Europe on their seat preference and found that nationality, age and travel companion all… Read the full press release

easyJet to launch push notifications for its iPhone app from 22nd April 2014

LONDON, 2014-04-22 — /Travel PR News/ — easyJet, the UK’s largest and Europe’s fourth largest airline, has announced the launch of push notifications for users of the airline’s free, award winning app on iPhone from today, 22nd April 2014. The launch means that customers who opt to receive notifications will receive real time updates with information… Read the full press release

easyJet and Shakespearean actors support campaign at Bristol Airport to recognise 23 April as National William Shakespeare Day

Bristol, UK, 2014-04-22 — /Travel PR News/ — Britain’s oldest living William Shakespeare on Wednesday 16 April supported a campaign at Bristol Airport to create an official day for his namesake. 91 year William Shakespeare, from Bristol, joined easyJet and a troop of Shakespearean actors as they staged free performances of the Bard’s most famous work for… Read the full press release

Sofia Airport and easyJet pleasantly surprised passengers with traditional Bulgarian symbol Martenitsi

Sofia, Bulgaria, 2014-3-5 — /Travel PR News/ — Sofia Airport and airline easyJet organized a mutual operation for the holiday “Grandmother Marta”. In accordance to the Bulgarian tradition, the departing and arriving passengers of the two terminals of the capital airport received martenitsi with wishes for health, success and a pleasant flight. The students from the capital… Read the full press release

Over 150,000 expected through Northern Ireland’s main gateway the Belfast International Airport as festive rush gets underway

2013-12-19 — /travelprnews.com/ — Belfast International Airport, Northern Ireland’s main gateway, is expecting over 150,000 passengers through its doors this festive season as people return for the Christmas holidays. As well as passengers thousands of meeters and greeters are expected to descend on the airport as they welcome home loved ones for Christmas.  And the airport… Read the full press release

New twice weekly flights to Cyprus Larnaka International Airport from Liverpool John Lennon Airport (JLA) now in operation

Liverpool, United Kingdom, 2013-11-11 — /travelprnews.com/ — Passengers arriving at Cyprus Larnaka International Airport on easyjet’s inaugural flight from Liverpool John Lennon Airport (JLA) last weekend, were met with a typical Cypriot welcome. Hermes Airports organised a hospitality event for the passengers of the flight in collaboration with the Cyprus Tourism Organisation. Passengers were given a warm… Read the full press release

easyJet announced its 2014 summer holiday schedule with 42 routes from Bristol Airport

Bristol, England, 2013-10-14 — /travelprnews.com/ — easyJet, the UK’s largest airline, has announced its summer holiday schedule for 2014 today with 42 routes available from Bristol Airport. Over one million summer seats are on sale now at www.easyJet.com so that customers can secure the best fares by booking early on travel between 16 June and 14 September 2014. The… Read the full press release

easyJet announced two new flights to Reykjavik and Marrakech for Bristol Airport

Bristol, United Kingdom, 2013-10-02 — /travelprnews.com/ — easyJet has today announced two new routes for Bristol Airport – with flights to Reykjavik and Marrakech launching in December 2013. The new flights went on sale this morning at www.easyJet.com and will offer the South West’s only connection to Iceland. easyJet will operate the routes using 156 seater Airbus A319 and expects to carry over… Read the full press release

easyJet and Amadeus launch unique system enhancements to help travel agents book low-cost carriers

New approach improves efficiency for travel agents and drives increased bookings for easyJet. Madrid/London, 2013-09-16 — /travelprnews.com/ — easyJet, the UK’s largest airline and operator of Europe’s no.1 air transport network, and Amadeus, a leading technology partner for the global travel industry, announce today the launch of unique system enhancements that will allow travel agents around… Read the full press release

easyJet to increase its Jersey network with the introduction of a year-round service to London Gatwick

2013-09-10 — /travelprnews.com/ — easyJet, the UK’s largest airline has today, Wednesday 28 August 2013, announced it is increasing its Jersey network with the introduction of a year-round service to London Gatwick. From 30 March 2014 easyJet will operate three flights per day between Jersey and London Gatwick, offering the choice of a morning, afternoon and… Read the full press release

AEGEAN: All are welcome, as long as we all pay the same taxes

2013-08-02— /travelprnews.com/ — Comments on issues raised in the Press Conference of Ryanair: The Greek airline market is open and accessible to all. All European companies can operate in it with the same taxes and encumbrances which AEGEAN pays. AEGEAN contributes today to tourism with 4 million international passengers from Athens and the regions, compared to… Read the full press release

easyJet started flights from Liverpool John Lennon Airport to Newquay, the gateway to South West England’s surfing coast

2013-07-08 — /travelprnews.com/ — Passengers at Liverpool John Lennon Airport (JLA) were able to test their surfing skills this morning ahead of easyJet’s inaugural service to Newquay – gateway to South West England’s surfing coast. As part of a fun day promotion to celebrate easyJet’s latest new destination from Liverpool, the Airport installed an indoor surfing… Read the full press release

easyJet and Liverpool John Lennon Airport announced new 9 year agreement

2013-07-08 — /travelprnews.com/ — easyJet and Liverpool John Lennon Airport (JLA) are delighted to confirm the signing of a new 9 year agreement that will see the continued expansion of the UK’s largest airline from Liverpool. To coincide with this long term commitment to Liverpool, easyJet have also announced the addition of a new destination from… Read the full press release