easyJet, the UK's largest airline, has announced that customers travelling from London Gatwick Airport can now board their flights using mobile boarding passes on their Apple or Android smartphones.

Just four months after starting to trial the technology at six airports (London Stansted, London Southend, Manchester, Edinburgh, Amsterdam and Nice,) mobile boarding passes are now available for around 85% of the easyJet network.

Peter Duffy, easyJet's Marketing Director, commented:

""More than six million people have now downloaded the easyJet app to buy flights and get the most up to date information about their travel. Giving passengers the option of mobile boarding pass technology is another way for us to make flying with easyJet as easy as possible.""

Over half a million mobile easyJet boarding passes have been downloaded since the airline added this functionality to the app. The paper saved to date would stack up to more than 60m high - taller than some of Europe's most popular landmarks like the Arc de Triomphe's 50m, Nelson's Column at 52m and the Leaning Tower of Pisa at 56m high.

The easyJet app is the fastest in the industry enabling passengers to book a flight in less than 30 seconds. Adding mobile check-in and boarding passes makes the whole process even quicker and more seamless with no need to print any paperwork.

The process has been designed to be as clear and simple as possible - passengers can see their status as 'checked-in' or 'not checked-in' and boarding passes are stored offline once downloaded, so that they can be accessed without incurring roaming charges or needing network coverage as early as 30 days ahead of the flight's departure or as little as two hours before.

Over six million people have downloaded the easyJet app http://www.easyjet.com/mobile since its launch less than two years ago and the airline continues to invest in mobile technology.

easyJet's Flight Tracker tool which launched on the app and on easyJet.com this summer, enables passengers to see up to the minute flight information and read real time updates on individual flights direct from easyJet's Operations Control Centre. The tool can be accessed via www.easyjet.com/en/flight-tracker and displays scheduled departure and arrival times but also gives vital information in times of disruption, providing passengers with extra piece of mind at their fingertips.

For more information contact the easyJet Press Office on 01582 525252 or press.office@easyJet.com

About easyJet:

easyJet operates Europe's No. 1 air transport network with a leading presence on Europe's top 100 routes and at Europe's 50 largest airports.

easyJet flies over 200 aircraft on more than 600 routes between over 130 airports in 30 countries. More than 300 million Europeans live within one hour's drive of an easyJet airport, more than any other airline.

The airline takes sustainability seriously. easyJet invests in the latest technology, operates efficiently and fills most of its seats which means that an easyJet passenger's carbon footprint is 22% less than a passenger on a traditional airline, flying the same aircraft on the same route.