22 new routes from 12 UK airports go on sale today, including to Vienna, Austria for the festive season
The new routes offer an exciting mix of winter sun destinations, including Almeria in Spain, and popular ski and city destinations Zurich, Verona, Munich, and Innsbruck
First ever direct route from Northern Ireland to Lapland will take off for the festive season, as well as a new international service from Aberdeen, to Paris
The airline's newest bases continue to grow, with flights to Berlin and Grenoble from London Southend, and to Grenoble from Birmingham
Seats are now on sale on easyJet.com and via the mobile app, with fares starting from £19.99*
Thousands more package beach holidays and city breaks also now available for the winter 2025 season
easyJet has put 22 new routes from twelve UK airports on sale today, offering even more choice for the winter season.
Flights are now on sale at easyJet.com and via the app, allowing customers to book early and get great value fares.
Among the new destinations for both flights and package holidays now available from the UK is Vienna in Austria, which easyJet will serve from the UK this winter. A service over the festive season will launch from London Gatwick, Bristol and Liverpool, from 13th November, offering more city break options for holidaymakers looking to explore the home of one of Europe’s most iconic Christmas markets.
Three new routes are set to take off from Manchester, to Ljubljana in Slovenia as well as to Strasbourg in France and Verona in Italy, which will provide customers in the north west with more direct access to some of Europe's top ski resorts over the winter.
Belfast International is now connected to Rovaniemi - also known as Lapland and the home of Santa Claus - with easyJet offering the first and only direct connection to Finland from Northern Ireland.
The airline has also introduced a new service between Belfast City and Edinburgh starting on 26th October, operating five times a week, providing even more direct and convenient domestic connections for business and leisure travellers alike.
From Bristol, new flights to the Bavarian capital Munich will operate three times a week from 26th October, while flights to Zurich and to Verona in Italy are set to be popular with winter sports lovers headed to the slopes.
Customers in Liverpool also have even more choice this winter, with a new twice weekly service to Kraków in Poland, while those seeking some winter sun can head to Almería in Spain, known for its famous natural spots including the Cabo de Gata-Níjar park and Europe's only true desert, the Tabernas Desert.
In Scotland, customers will be able to fly from Edinburgh to Austria’s renowned Tyrolean ski resorts with new flights to Innsbruck and to the ever popular Spanish beach city of Barcelona.
The airline will also offer more international choice from Aberdeen, with a new twice weekly service to Paris Charles de Gaulle. This provides customers in the north east of Scotland with a direct route to one of Europe's major hubs, offering connectivity to the continent and beyond.
easyJet's network at its newest bases in London Southend and Birmingham continues to grow from strength to strength. Services from London Southend to Berlin are set to take off on 7th November, operating every Monday and Friday. Flights to Grenoble from both Birmingham and London Southend will launch from 14th December, operating every Saturday from Birmingham and Sunday from London Southend.
From London Gatwick, winter flights will take off to ‘the pink city’ of Toulouse from 27th October, operating every Monday and Friday.
Meanwhile, new services to Barcelona will take off from Leeds Bradford and Southampton, providing greater regional connectivity to Europe.
easyJet holidays will offer package holidays across 17 of the new routes for the winter 2025 season, including Munich, Krakow and Berlin.
All packages include flights and hotel, with 23kg luggage and transfers on all beach getaways. All covered by its Ultimate Flexibility, offering freedom to change a booking, a refund guarantee, and best price guarantee.
Ali Gayward, easyJet’s UK Country Manager, said:
"We’re delighted to be offering yet another fantastic range of new routes, providing even more choice for our customers across the UK whether they’re looking to escape on a city break, hit the slopes, enjoy a festive getaway or chase the winter sun. With flights and holidays now available on even more routes for the winter, we’re providing greater direct connectivity for customers all across the UK to Europe and beyond and offering great value for money, always aiming to make travel easy.”
easyJet serves 21 UK airports, offering 584 routes to 136 destinations from the UK to Europe and beyond. To discover more about easyJet’s UK network and to book, visit easyJet.com.
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*Flights one way per person including taxes
Flights on 22 new routes from the UK are now available to book at easyJet.com and via the mobile app:
London Gatwick to Toulouse will operate twice a week on Mondays and Fridays from 27th October with fares starting from £32.99*
London Gatwick to Vienna will operate 4 times a week on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays from 5th December with fares starting from £29.99*
London Southend to Berlin will operate twice a week on Mondays and Fridays from 7th November with fares starting from £21.99*
London Southend to Grenoble will operate once a week on Sundays from 14th December with fares starting from £19.99*
Birmingham to Grenoble will operate once a week on Saturdays from 20th December with fares starting from £30.99*
Bristol to Munich flights will operate three times a week on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays from 26th October with fares starting from £29.99*
Bristol to Zurich flights will operate twice a week on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 29th October with fares starting from £26.99*
Bristol to Verona flights will operate twice a week on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 6th December with fares starting from £26.99*
Bristol to Vienna flights will operate twice a week on Mondays and Fridays from 21st November with fares starting from £29.99*
Liverpool to Vienna in Austria will operate three times a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays from 13th November with fares starting from £26.99*
Liverpool to Krakow will operate twice a week on Mondays and Fridays from 3rd November with fares starting from £26.99*
Liverpool to Almeria will operate twice a week on Tuesdays and Saturdays from 28th October with fares starting from £34.99*
Manchester to Ljubljana will operate twice a week on Tuesdays and Saturdays from 4th November with fares starting from £32.99*
Manchester to Verona will operate once a week on Saturdays from 20th December with fares starting from £29.99*
Manchester to Strasbourg will operate twice a week on Fridays and Sundays from 28th November with fares starting from £32.99*
Belfast International to Rovaniemi will operate twice a week on Tuesday and Saturdays from 2nd December with fares starting from £65.99*
Edinburgh to Belfast City will operate five times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays from 26th October with fares starting from £14.99*
Edinburgh to Barcelona will operate twice a week on Mondays and Fridays from 27th October with fares starting from £38.99*
Edinburgh to Innsbruck will operate once a week on Sundays from 7th December with fares starting from £40.99*
Aberdeen to Paris will operate twice a week on Mondays and Fridays from 27th October with fares starting from £30.99*
Southampton to Barcelona will operate twice a week on Mondays and Fridays from 27th October with fares starting from £32.99*
Leeds Bradford to Barcelona will operate twice a week on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 29th October with fares starting from £26.99*
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 340 aircraft flying on over 1,000 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.
About easyJet holidays:
easyJet holidays, which launched in 2019 is a leading package holiday provider which operates from the UK, Switzerland, Germany and France. The company took over 2.5 million customers on holiday in 2024.
Named UK & Ireland Travel Company of the Year 2024, it offers great value beach and city holidays to over 8000 hotels, in more than 100 destinations across Europe and North Africa, directly through its website and through over 7000 travel agent partners. The ATOL-protected holidays can be secured with a deposit of just £60 per person, including flights and accommodation, as well as 23kg luggage and transfers on beach breaks. easyJet holidays is a member of ABTA, and all packages are covered by its Ultimate Flexibility, offering freedom to change a booking, a refund guarantee, and best price guarantee.
Winners of the Sustainable Future Award, easyJet holidays’ sustainability strategy, ‘Holiday Better’, focuses on three key pillars – create better holiday choices by making sustainable travel affordable and accessible to everyone; keep our holidays special by maximising the benefits and minimising the negative impacts of travel and tourism, and transform travel for everyone by embedding sustainability into business decisions and behaviours and driving meaningful change in the industry. The tour operator has partnered with UN Tourism to help develop the first environmental, social and governance (ESG) framework for tourism businesses, co-designing a measurement tool that is meaningful and feasible for better monitoring how tourism businesses impact, and depend on, people, planet and prosperity.
easyJet holidays was named one of The Sunday Times Best Places to Work in 2023, 2024 and 2025.
