easyJet and easyJet holidays celebrate the inaugural flight from London Gatwick to Sal in Cape Verde
New service took off for the first time this morning and will operate thrice weekly throughout the year
Package holidays available with easyJet holidays from just £600 per person
Seats are available to book at easyJet.com and via the mobile app with great value fares starting from £129.99*
easyJet and easyJet holidays today celebrated the launch of their first flights and package holidays from London Gatwick to the beautiful island of Sal in Cape Verde.
easyJet’s first ever sub-Saharan service took off this morning for the first time and will operate every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday throughout the year, with package holidays available to a range of hotels.
To mark the occasion, customers were surprised with giveaways at the boarding gate, including a goodie bag from the airline and package holiday company, containing travel essentials such as a travel adaptor and a travel bag. Upon arrival in Sal, customers were met with a welcome ceremony including local musicians.
Located off the west coast of Africa, Cape Verde is the latest destination to be added to the airline’s growing network. Both flights and package holidays are proving popular with British holidaymakers looking to enjoy a tropical paradise that offers a great value alternative to the likes of the Caribbean.
Great value fares are available from £129.99* on easyJet.com and via the mobile app. Brilliant package holidays at prices that can’t be beaten are available from £600, right up until 30 October 2026.
All easyJet holidays packages include flights, hotel, with 23kg luggage and transfers on beach holidays and all covered by its Ultimate Flexibility, offering freedom to change a booking, a refund guarantee, and best price guarantee.
Ali Gayward, easyJet’s UK Country Manager, said:
"We know our customers are always looking for exciting new places to explore, and our flights and package holidays to Sal in Cape Verde, off the coast of sub-Saharan Africa, offer the perfect combination of relaxation and adventure, all for fantastic value.
“We are proud to be offering even more choice than ever before, so our customers can explore more top beach destinations across our network throughout the year. With hundreds of package holidays available via easyJet holidays, there’s something for everyone across Europe and beyond."
Paul Bixby, easyJet holidays Chief Commercial Officer, said:
“Cape Verde is a fantastic destination, providing year-round sunshine and white sandy beaches. That’s why we’re thrilled to be offering our brilliant package holidays, whether it’s a family looking for a resort to enjoy with kids, or a couple looking for adults-only luxury, we have a great range of fantastic resorts across the island of Sal.”
Jennifer Newman, Airline Relations Manager, London Gatwick said:
“We are delighted easyJet has chosen to launch its new route to Cape Verde from London Gatwick, offering passengers more choice and value this summer."
easyJet is London Gatwick’s largest airline. Last year easyJet celebrated carrying 250 million passengers to and from the airport, with its first Gatwick flight taking place on 16 December 1999 to Geneva, before the carrier opened its base there in 2002.
easyJet connects London Gatwick to major cities across Europe like Paris and Amsterdam, as well as to a range of fantastic leisure destinations such as Spain, Italy, Tunisia, Turkey and Egypt, offering value great fares and a convenient schedule for both leisure and business.
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*flights one way per person including taxes
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 350 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 7000 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 and 2024
