• 11 new routes will launch next summer to destinations across Portugal, Spain, France, Greece, Malta, Egypt, Turkey, Tunisia and Czech Republic

  • New routes double easyJet’s network at Newcastle providing more low fares and choice for customers in the North East

  • Thousands of easyJet holidays package holidays are now on sale up to October 2026

  • New base at Newcastle will open next March supporting 1,200 jobs*

easyJet and easyJet holidays have revealed 11 new routes from Newcastle Airport for summer 2026, with thousands of package holidays now on sale today to the range of brand-new destinations.

New services are set to take off from next summer to Antalya and Dalaman in Turkey, Greek Islands Rhodes and Corfu, Algarve gateway of Faro in Portugal, Mediterranean island Malta, Spanish city Reus, cultural hotspot Prague and the first route connecting Newcastle to Nice in the south of France. Direct connections to North Africa are also set to operate from Newcastle, with services to the popular Egyptian resort of Sharm-El-Sheikh and Enfidha in Tunisia.

The network expansion comes following the news that easyJet will open a new three-aircraft base at Newcastle Airport in spring 2026.

easyJet already serves eight domestic connections and international routes from Newcastle to popular beach and city destinations Alicante, Amsterdam, Geneva, Malaga, Palma de Mallorca, Paris, Bristol and Belfast.

The opening of the base with the addition of three aircraft at the airport has enabled the airline to more than double the number of destinations now on its network, providing more choice for customers in the North East, Southern Scotland, North Yorkshire and Cumbria, helping to support vital UK connectivity as well as supporting around 1,200 UK jobs including 130 direct jobs.*

Ali Gayward, easyJet’s Country Manager, said:

“We are really pleased to be able to announce this fantastic range of new routes from our new base at Newcastle for next summer. Our investment in an 11th base in the UK at Newcastle, supporting many jobs for the local economy, is enabling us to provide more direct connectivity, choice and great value for money for our customers in the North East, and we can’t wait to welcome them on board.”

Paul Bixby, Chief Commercial Officer at easyJet holidays, said:

“We’re excited to offer a new range of package holidays for customers in the North East, following the launch of easyJet’s new base at Newcastle Airport. This expansion marks a great opportunity for growth, as holidays continue to be a top priority for consumers. Our aim is to make affordable, high-quality getaways more accessible than ever, with a wide selection of beach and city break destinations alongside travel available through to October 2026.”

Leon McQuaid, Newcastle Airport Director of Aviation Development, said: "It's fantastic that easyJet and easyJet holidays are offering 11 additional destinations with packages now on sale, including a brand-new direct route to Nice, which is one of our most requested destinations. These services offer even more choice for our customers seeking low-cost flights and package holidays, and it’s great to announce the destinations ahead of easyJet opening its new base at Newcastle Airport in spring 2026. The base will deliver significant benefits to the Airport and wider region, creating more 1,200 jobs and paving the way for even more exciting new routes, which we look forward to announcing with easyJet in August.”

easyJet holidays packages on the new routes are on sale from today, with packages including flights, hotel, 23kg luggage and transfers on beach holidays, all covered by its Ultimate Flexibility, offering freedom to change a booking, a refund guarantee, and best price guarantee. Flights across the new routes will be on sale on easyJet.com this summer.

Book with easyJet holidays (www.easyjet.com/en/holidays tel: 0330 365 5005).

* Packages inclusive of free kids’ places

Beach holidays:

  • easyJet holidays offers seven nights at the 4* Puente Real in Malaga on an All-Inclusive board basis for £685 per person including 23kg of luggage per person, transfers and flights from Newcastle International airport on 4 May 2026

  • easyJet holidays offers seven nights at the 4* Magic Robin Hood in Alicante on an All-Inclusive board basis for £770* per person including 23kg of luggage per person, transfers and flights from Newcastle International airport on 23 April 2026

  • easyJet holidays offers seven nights at the 5* Eftalia Aqua Resort in Antalya on an All-Inclusive board basis for £690* per person including 23kg of luggage per person, transfers and flights from Newcastle International airport on 10 May 2026

  • easyJet holidays offers seven nights at the 4* Nobilis Hotel in Corfu on an All-Inclusive board basis for £794* per person including 23kg of luggage per person, transfers and flights from Newcastle International airport on 4 May 2026

  • easyJet holidays offers seven nights at the 5* Green Nature Resort and Spa in Dalaman on an All-Inclusive board basis for £1,100* per person including 23kg of luggage per person, transfers and flights from Newcastle International airport on 29 August 2026

  • easyJet holidays offers seven nights at the 3* Ukino Terrace in Faro on a Self-Catering board basis for £365 per person including 23kg of luggage per person, transfers and flights from Newcastle International airport on 7 April 2026

  • easyJet holidays offers seven nights at the 4* db Seabank Resort and Spa in Malta on an All-Inclusive board basis for £828 per person including 23kg of luggage per person, transfers and flights from Newcastle International airport on 13 May 2026

  • easyJet holidays offers seven nights at the 4* One Resort Aqua Park and Spa in Tunisia on an All-Inclusive board basis for £666* per person including 23kg of luggage per person, transfers and flights from Newcastle International airport on 17 September 2026

  • easyJet holidays offers seven nights at the 3* Club Mac Alcudia in Palma de Mallorca on an All-Inclusive board basis for £632* per person including 23kg of luggage per person, transfers and flights from Newcastle International airport on 22 April 2026

  • easyJet holidays offers seven nights at the 3* Best Mediterraneo in Reus on a Half-board board basis for £465 per person including 23kg of luggage per person, transfers and flights from Newcastle International airport on 26 September 2026

  • easyJet holidays offers seven nights at the 5* Helea Lifestyle Beach Resort in Rhodes on an All-Inclusive board basis for £1,001 per person including 23kg of luggage per person, transfers and flights from Newcastle International airport on 28 April 2026

  • easyJet holidays offers seven nights at the 5* Aurora Oriental Resort in Sharm el Sheik on an All-Inclusive board basis for £854 per person including 23kg of luggage per person, transfers and flights from Newcastle International airport on 21 September 2026

City breaks:

  • easyJet holidays offers three nights at the 4* WestCord Fashion Hotel Amsterdam in Amsterdam on a Room Only board basis for £350 per person including flights from Newcastle International airport on 24 August 2026

  • easyJet holidays offers three nights at the 4* The Harrison Chambers of Distinction in Belfast on a Bed & Breakfast board basis for £252 per person including flights from Newcastle International airport on 27 April 2026

  • easyJet holidays offers three nights at the 4* Grand Magic Hotel in Paris on a Bed & Breakfast board basis for £194 per person including flights from Newcastle International airport on 29 May 2026

  • easyJet holidays offers two nights at the 3* Monsigny in Nice on a Room Only board basis for £297 per person including flights from Newcastle International airport on 12 April 2026

  • easyJet holidays offers three nights at the 4* Ariston and Ariston Patio Hotel in Prague on a Bed & Breakfast board basis for £286 per person including flights from Newcastle International airport on 24 September 2026

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For further information, please contact the easyJet Press Office via medicentre.easyJet.com/contacts or on 01582 525252 

Notes to editors

*Each UK-based aircraft directly supports 400 jobs and £27m UK GVA considering direct, indirect and induced impacts according to an independent assessment commissioned by Airlines UK.

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.

About Newcastle International Airport

Newcastle Airport is a public private partnership. Seven local authorities own 51% of the Airport company; Durham County Council, Gateshead MB Council, Newcastle City Council, Northumberland Council, North Tyneside Council, South Tyneside Council and Sunderland City Council. 49% is owned by InfraBridge, an infrastructure manager.  

The Airport was recognised as both the ‘Best in the World’ in the under five million passenger category, and ‘Overall winner’ at the 2024 Routes World Conference. It was also voted ‘Best Airport in Europe’, in the 2 to 5 million passenger category, at the ASQ Awards for providing exceptional customer service and ‘UK and Ireland Airport of the Year’ at the 2024 Travel Industry Awards. 

The Airport contributes more than £1bn in GVA annually to the regional economy and around 3,200 people are employed on its site. More than 17,000 jobs are also supported through its supply chain.  The Airport is committed to becoming Net Zero by the year 2035 and has been recognised as a 'sustainability sector leader'. 

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