As schools prepare to break up across the UK this week, easyJet and easyJet holidays are set to see their biggest ever summer with over 80,000 flights network-wide during the school holidays and over 380,000 flights across the summer season.
Over seven million UK customers are set to take to the skies on more than 45,000 flights to and from the UK alone during the school break.
The airline is operating its biggest ever summer this year, with eight additional Airbus A320 family aircraft having joined its UK-based fleet at Bristol, Newcastle, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool and Glasgow.
More than 39 million seats are set to operate to and from the UK across the whole summer season, half a million more than last year, while 53 new routes are operating for the first time this summer, offering more choice to longer leisure destinations such as Turkey, Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco.
The airline will operate its busiest day of the summer season on August 31, when nearly 2,200 flights are set to take off with over 366,000 customers. Thousands of families across the UK will return from their summer break, while others jet off on their well-deserved holidays.
Spanish destinations Malaga and Palma de Mallorca top the list of the most popular summer destinations from the UK this year, while Faro in Portugal remains a firm favorite for travelers seeking guaranteed sunshine, outstanding food, culture and natural beauty.
easyJet holidays is also set for its biggest ever summer, with more than a quarter of children traveling on its package holidays doing so for free through the tour operator’s free child places program. Club Mac Alcudia in Majorca is the most popular hotel this summer, closely followed by One Resort Aqua Park in Tunisia.
Closer to home, Edinburgh followed by Belfast are the most popular UK destinations for people traveling across the UK to visit friends and relatives during the summer holidays.
Kevin Doyle, easyJet’s UK Country Manager, said: “Every year, millions of customers continue to choose our flights and easyJet holidays for the unrivaled choice of destinations we offer across our network, our great value fares and our crew’s fantastic service.
“And this year, with more seats, new routes and package holidays, we’re offering more choice for customers than ever before, and we look forward to taking them away for a well-deserved holiday, always aiming to make travel easy.”
