The three new routes which take off for the first time on 15, 16 and 17 February respectively will see almost 3,000 passengers travelling to these new easyJet destinations during this half-term period alone and an additional 100,000 affordable seats available from London Stansted per year.

Hugh Aitken, easyJet’s UK Commercial Manager commented:

“We’re delighted to be seeing these three new routes take-off from London Stansted. This latest expansion sees us adding two mid-haul routes, to Marrakech in Morocco and Egypt’s Sharm El Sheikh from London Stansted for the first time.

“We’re giving our customers from this region an easy and affordable way to explore the delights of two beautiful and culture rich cities in Northern Africa and the capital city of Bulgaria.”

Year-round flights from Stansted to Sharm el Sheik, Marrakech and Sofia are available from just £86.99* and £30.99* respectively at easyJet.com.

Since easyJet launched operations at London Stansted in 1999, almost 14 million people have flown on its services to destinations including Alicante, Belfast, Bodrum, Geneva, Ibiza, Ljubljana, Prague and Nice and the airline has six aircraft based at Stansted.

Mark Souter Stansted Head of Airline Relations added:

“easyJet services from Stansted are extremely popular and I have no doubt that seats will fill up fast on the new and exciting routes joining their network here this weekend. I wish them every success with these new connections and look forward to supporting easyJet’s development of new services from here.”

For further information please contact Dagmar Dua on dagmar.dua.@easyJet.com or  01582 525252.

* one way, including taxes based on two people travelling on the same booking

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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.