easyJet, Scotland’s favourite airline, today announced three exciting new routes from Edinburgh Airport, including the country’s only direct route to Athens.
The low fares airline will begin flying to Athens, Tenerife and Grenoble from September.
The new destinations bring the number of easyJet routes from Scotland to 41.
Hugh Aitken, easyJet’s commercial manager for Scotland, said:
“easyJet is excited to announce the launch of three fantastic new routes including Scotland’s only direct route to Athens, connecting Edinburgh - the Athens of the north - to the Greek capital.
“We are responding to customer demand, providing an even greater choice of city, sun and ski destinations from Edinburgh and further strengthening our position as Scotland’s favourite airline.”
The new routes will be serviced by the arrival of a new 180-seat Airbus A320 at Edinburgh Airport.
The three times weekly service to Athens commences on 20th September, with fares from £36.99 (one way); the twice weekly service to Tenerife starts on 19th September with fares from 36.99 (one way).
Seats are on sale now at www.easyJet.com.
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For further information please contact: Sarah McIntyre in the easyJet press office 01582 52 52 52 press.office@easyjet.com
Notes to editors:
About easyJet:
easyJet is Scotland’s favourite airline – measured by passenger numbers. In the 12 months to end December the airline carried over 4 million passengers across the 4 airports (Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Inverness).
easyJet is now Europe's No. 1 air transport network due to its leading presence on Europe’s top 100 routes and at Europe’s 50 largest airports. More than 300 million Europeans live within one hour’s drive of an easyJet airport, more than any other airline.
By offering the lowest fares to the most convenient airports, this year easyJet will grow profitably by 10% and will carry 50 million passengers on over 500 routes between 119 airports in 29 countries.
easyJet is the UK’s largest and Europe’s fourth largest airline by passenger numbers. In 2009, the airline carried 28 million passengers in the UK and 46 million in total. On average easyJet flies passengers 1100 km for just ₤45/€50.
easyJet takes sustainability seriously. Over the last 10 years, the airline has reduced CO2 emissions per passenger km by 25% by investing in the latest technology. Its fleet of nearly 200 state-of-the-art aircraft is only 3.5 years old.
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