Easyjet to ramp up international flights from across UK next week

Easyjet is to launch hundreds more international flights at airports across the UK from next week.

The airline said it would restart the international and domestic flights from 1 July, as it also secured a major cash injection to bolster its finances in the face of the pandemic.

Holidaymakers will be able to fly from 14 airports across the UK to a number of countries including France, Spain and Italy.

From the start of next month, it will run around 500 flights each day across Europe, including more than 900 flights a week to and from the UK.

On 15 June, the airline restarted a “small number” of flights for the first time since its aircraft were grounded in March.

Easyjet said it plans to fly around half of its 1,022 routes next month, before increasing to around 75 per cent in August.

The announcement follows reports that “air bridges” will be available from next week to allow Britons to take holidays in other countries without quarantining for 14 days.

The government will finalise agreements in coming days to allow people to travel from the UK to a small number of countries including Spain, France and Greece, according to reports.

Robert Carey, chief commercial and strategy officer, said: “We are really pleased to be relaunching even more of our flights from 1 July and starting to get customers away on their much-needed summer holidays. Of course, the safety and wellbeing of our customers and crew remains our highest priority.

“This is why we have implemented a number of measures enhancing safety at each part of the journey from disinfecting the aircraft to requiring customers and crew to wear masks.”