• Flight bookings from the UK to Amber destinations for this summer surged 400% and holiday bookings over 440% compared to the previous week, following the UK Government announcement

  • Alicante, Malaga, Faro, Nice and Corfu are among the top destinations for flights this summer

  • easyJet has put over 145,000 extra seats and more holidays on sale between the UK and Amber destinations with fares now available from just £22.99* and package holidays from £249 per person.

  • The airline is operating around five million seats on flights between the UK and 85 Green and Amber list destinations this summer

  • Flexible booking policies mean customers can book now flights and holidays with confidence so if their plans change, so can their booking

easyJet has seen UK bookings surge within hours of the UK Government confirmation that from 19 July, fully vaccinated travelers will no longer be required to quarantine when returning to England from Amber list destinations.

Flight bookings to Amber list destinations for this summer increased by 400% and holiday bookings by over 440% week on week, in the hours since the announcement. Spain, Greece and Portugal are proving to be among the most popular Amber list countries for flights and holidays this summer, with Alicante, Malaga, Faro, Nice and Corfu the current front runners for Amber list flight bookings.

To serve demand, easyJet has put over 145,000 extra seats for this summer on sale between the UK and Amber list countries including Spain, Greece, Portugal, France, Italy, Croatia and Cyprus. Great value fares are now available to book for this summer from just £22.99*.

easyJet is operating around 5 million seats on flights between the UK and 85 Green and Amber list destinations across Europe this summer, providing customers with more opportunity to reunite with friends and family or take a long-awaited summer holiday. 

Johan Lundgren, easyJet CEO commented:

”We have been delighted with the customer response to the removal of Amber list quarantine for the fully vaccinated, so Europe has now turned Green for the double jabbed. We have always said that vaccination is the key to unlocking travel and this means that millions will finally be able to reunite with family and loved ones abroad or take that long-awaited trip this summer.

easyJet is ready and able to ramp up – we fly to 85 Green and Amber destinations across Europe and could operate up to five million seats between the UK and Green and Amber countries this summer.  We urge the Government to remove expensive testing for fully vaccinated people travelling to low risk Green and Amber destinations as we do not want to see a return to flying being a preserve of the rich. We look forward to playing our part in getting the country flying again this summer.”

All customers booking flights and holidays already benefit from some of the most flexible policies under its ‘Protection Promise’ which means that customers can book now with the confidence that if their plans change, so can their booking.  

easyJet has partnered with approved testing firms across Europe so that customers can get access to convenient and affordable testing, including PCR tests from £43 if required for their trip when they book flights and holidays at easyJet.com. The airline has also launched a new travel insurance policy which includes COVID-19 cover as standard. The new COVID-19 travel insurance will cover customers who are diagnosed with COVID-19 ahead of a trip, providing the necessary rearrangements or refunds, as well as cover to customers for any required medical care if diagnosed with COVID-19 during their trip. Customers who are unable to return home due to being diagnosed with the virus are also covered for additional accommodation, necessary medical assistance, and the cost of returning home safely.

The safety and wellbeing of all customers and crew remains easyJet’s highest priority and the airline continues to have a number of biological safety measures in place onboard in line with guidance from the relevant authorities. This includes daily enhanced cabin disinfection effective in protecting against coronavirus for at least 24 hours and mandatory mask wearing for customers and crew. All easyJet aircraft are already fitted with HEPA filters, similar to those used in hospitals, which filter 99.97% of airborne contaminants in the cabin, including viruses and bacteria.

For more information and to book flights visit easyJet.com or for holidays visit easyJet.com/holidays. 

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Notes to editors:

 

*Fares one way per person including taxes.

 

Spain

easyJet is operating 34 routes to nine destinations in Spain (Malaga, Alicante, Madrid, Murcia, Barcelona, Almería, Valencia, Bilbao, Seville) from eight UK airports (London Gatwick, London Luton, Bristol, Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Belfast). Flights are now on sale at easyJet.com with fares available for this summer from just £22.99*.

 

Canary Islands

easyJet is operating 18 routes to the Canary Islands (Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Tenerife) from seven UK airports (London Gatwick, London Luton, Bristol, Manchester, Liverpool, Edinburgh and Belfast). Flights are now on sale at easyJet.com with fares available for this summer from just £28.99* and holidays available from £349 per person.

 

Greece and Greek Islands

easyJet is operating 47 routes to 14 destinations in Greece (Athens, Corfu, Crete Heraklion, Crete Chania, Kos, Kalamata, Kefalonia, Mykonos, Santorini, Zakynthos, Thessaloniki, Rhodes, Preveza, Volos) from nine UK airports (London Gatwick, London Luton, Bristol, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Belfast). Flights are now on sale at easyJet.com with fares available for this summer from just £22.99* and holidays to Rhodes, Kos, Zante, Corfu and Crete available from £259 per person.

 

Portugal

easyJet is operating 19 routes to four destinations in Portugal, including Madeira (Faro, Lisbon, Porto, Funchal) from eight UK airports (London Gatwick, London Luton, Bristol, Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Belfast). Flights are now on sale at easyJet.com with fares available for this summer from just £22.99* and holidays available from £279 per person.

 

Cyprus

easyJet is operating nine routes to two destinations in Cyprus (Paphos and Larnaca) from six UK airports (London Gatwick, London Luton, Bristol, Manchester, Liverpool and Edinburgh). Flights are now on sale at easyJet.com with fares available for this summer from just £26.99*.

 

 

easyJet and easyJet holidays Protection Promise

 

Under its ‘Protection Promise’ all easyJet customers can change their flights this summer without a change fee at any time up to two hours before departure, providing even more last-minute flexibility. Unlike other airlines, there are no restrictions on dates or destination; customers can transfer to any flights currently on sale up to the end of September 2022, and to any other destination on the airline’s network which spans 35 countries across Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. This means that if some travel restrictions are impacting their destination country, such as self-isolation in destination or on return to the UK, customers can easily change their trip to another country on easyJet’s network. Plus, should a mandatory hotel quarantine impact a customer’s travel destination this summer, customers can now request a refund for their flight within four weeks before departure if the restriction is still in place, even if their flights are still operating.

 For package holiday bookings, under its existing Protection Promise easyJet holidays customers only need to pay their balance 28 days before travel, and if they need to make any changes or simply change their mind customers can cancel 28 days or more before departure and receive their deposit back as easyJet holidays credit with any further payments refunded back to the original payment method. easyJet holidays has now enhanced it Covid commitments in line with the traffic light system for any customers due to travel this summer up to 30 September 2021. It means should a holiday destination feature on the ‘amber’ list, customers can make fee free changes within 28 days all the way up to 24 hours before travel. Or should a destination be on the ‘red’ list, holidays here won’t go ahead, and as the planned departure date gets closer, customers can make fee free changes within 28 days or easyJet holidays will cancel the holiday no later than seven days before travel with customers given a full refund.

 

 

About easyJet

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.

 

 

About easyJet holidays

easyJet holidays offers great-value beach, city and lakes holidays to more than 100 destinations across Europe, directly through their website and through over 3000 travel agent partners. The ATOL-protected holidays company combines easyJet’s flexible flight programme, handpicked hotels and best-in-class technology to provide hassle-free personalised holiday experiences which can be secured with a deposit of just £60 per person. The holidays operator is an ABTA member too, providing additional reassurance to customers under the UK’s most trusted travel scheme. With a range of holiday types, from adult and family to luxury and undiscovered, transfers included on beach holidays, 23kg hold luggage included on all bookings, and over 5,000 hotels, across over 500 resorts, customers can holiday the way they want.

All easyJet holidays are covered by its Protection Promise, an industry leading policy giving customers ultimate flexibility, protection and reassurance and letting them book with total confidence. The Promise offers a refund guarantee, freedom to change a booking, a reduced balance due date, a Best Price Guarantee, deposit refunds, and Covid commitments to ensure flexibility if there are known restrictions at home or in destination. In 2021 easyJet holidays became the first major tour operator to offset the carbon emissions from its package holidays, comprising the fuel used for flights and in-destination transfers, as well as the energy used from hotel stays without any cost being passed to customers