easyJet today celebrated the launch of its new service between Manchester and Newquay. The first flight departed at 08:00 from Manchester Airport, marking the launch of more convenient connectivity this summer between Manchester and the North West with the scenic South Coast. The new route is one of several new additions to easyJet’s Manchester network for this summer, alongside new flight from Manchester to Kos starting 26 June, Manchester to Nice starting 4 July, and Manchester to Ibiza starting 24 July.

 

Flights from Manchester to Newquay will operate up to five times a week throughout the summer season. With the scenic Cornish coastline boasting over 300 beaches, varying from golden sand to pebbly and dog-friendly to secluded, the new route to Newquay is expected to be popular amongst those looking to enjoy a domestic break this summer.

 

Seats are on sale at easyJet.com with fares starting from £45.98* return per person.

 

All customers booking flights with easyJet benefit from industry-leading flexible policies under easyJet’s ‘Protection Promise’ which means that customers can book now with the confidence that if their plans change, so can their booking.  

 

To book and for more information on easyJet’s network visit easyJet.com. 

 

Ali Gayward, easyJet’s UK Country Manager said:

 

“We are really excited to be celebrating the launch of our new route from Manchester to Newquay today. We know that people across the UK want to travel this summer, so we’re delighted to offer even more direct domestic routes, reuniting customers in the North West with family and friends or taking them away on a long-awaited break.

 

“At easyJet, we remain focussed on strengthening our UK network, as well as providing customers with more choice, great value fares and unrivalled customer service.”

Karen Smart, Managing Director at Manchester Airport said:

“We are thrilled to see easyJet expanding its offering from Manchester with this new service.

“Greater connectivity and more choice for passengers travelling to the South West is good news for the North, whilst this route will also ultimately give travellers in the South West access to an extensive range of destinations from Manchester, as international travel resumes.”

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*Fares per person return way including taxes and based on two people travelling on the same booking.

 

For further information, please contact the easyJet Press Office on 01582 525252, log onto www.easyjet.com or follow @easyJet_Press

 

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easyJet is Europe’s leading airline 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 96 million passengers in 2019 – more than 16 million travelling for business. The airline has over 300 aircraft on nearly 1000 routes to more than 150 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 eight countries across Europe in full compliance with national laws and recognising their trade unions. The airline supports a number of local charities and also has a corporate partnership with UNICEF which has raised over £14m for the most vulnerable children since it was established in 2012.

The airline takes sustainability seriously and is the first major airline to operate carbon neutral flights across its whole network. The airline is achieving this goal by offsetting the carbon emissions from the fuel used for all of its flights. The airline sees this as an interim measure until new technology becomes available to de-carbonise aviation. In the meantime, easyJet will continue to support innovative technology, operate efficiently and aim to fill most of its seats. Since 2000, we have improved our carbon emission per passenger kilometre efficiency by over one third and we have a target to reach a 38% reduction by 2022.

Innovation is in easyJet’s DNA – from our launch over 25 years ago when we changed the way people fly to the present day where we lead the industry in digital, web, engineering and operational innovations to make travel more easy and affordable for our passengers.

The airline was named as Britain’s Most Admired Company of 2020 in the transport sector, retaining the leading position for a second year running. Britain's Most Admired Companies study is the longest-running annual survey of corporate reputation in the UK.