easyJet says that it has signed a 10-year agreement with Southend Airport for some of its services to move there. This will create an alternative airport to the Stansted and London City airport in time for the Olympics. The carrier, which is the second-biggest budget airline in Europe based on passenger numbers, will join Aer  Continue Reading »

Passengers throughout the UK and Ireland are facing disruptions now that the ash cloud from the recent eruption of an Iceland volcano has approached European airspace. Carriers from both countries cancelled hundreds of services on Tuesday, leaving many travellers stranded in Scotland and north England. The worst affected airport was Newcastle International in England, while  Continue Reading »

Irish low-cost airline Ryanair has had 2 of its advertisements banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) after complaining to the regulator about a misleading easyJet ad, which was banned as well. The 3 ads had been published in national newspapers and were found to have made false claims regarding cheap flights. Ryanair’s complaint was  Continue Reading »

It’s been proven that politicians can take a regular holiday like taxpayers since Prime Minister David Cameron took wife Samantha to Spain. The few day break didn’t cost an arm and leg, leaving many to wonder why more politicians can’t take holidays like this. The break was to celebrate Samantha’s 40th birthday, which is on  Continue Reading »

easyJet has signed a 3-year deal with Lowcosttravelgroup to combine their low prices, convenient services, great value and high quality products. This will give consumers the ability to book competitively priced, convenient and flexible holidays on the airline’s website. The holidays will be marketed through a range of online and offline channels to create business  Continue Reading »

Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the founder and largest shareholder of budget carrier easyJet, has been accused by the airline of treating passengers like ‘pound notes’. This accusation came while he was on the stand during a court battle over the brand. In a series of exchanges with the legal team representing easyJet, Sir Stelios was made  Continue Reading »

easyJet has announced that they will launch their first route from Britain to Sweden starting September 6. The budget airline has chosen Gothenburg to fly to, which is the second largest city in Sweden. The flights will depart from the Gatwick Airport in London, and tickets are already on sale for as little as £27.99  Continue Reading »

Budget carrier easyJet is trying to get British Airways passengers to book flights with them before the planned strikes from cabin crew begin. These strikes are planned to span 4 weeks, with each lasting for 5 consecutive days – for a total of 20 days. The strikes are set to cause a lot of issues  Continue Reading »

easyJet announced that they have appointed Ali Gayward as their new commercial manager, taking on the responsibility of leading and delivering the commercial performances of the airline’s bases in Yorkshire, North West and Northern Ireland. She will schedule and develop routes, as well as research local market intelligences to optimize the network. Ali previously worked  Continue Reading »

easyJet resumed flying a full schedule of 1,100 flights on Thursday, offering 150,000 seats to passengers after airspace was shut down and flights grounded for nearly a week due to the volcanic ash cloud from the eruption in Iceland. The airline also offered an additional 13 flights to destinations with many stranded passengers in order  Continue Reading »

On Friday, easyJet was told by a French court to pay €1.55 million ($2.1 million or £1.31 million) in damages and fines for employing French airport staff under British contracts from 2003 to 2006 instead of under French contracts, which cost more. The budget airline will only have to pay €150,000 in fines, and the  Continue Reading »

Two women were arrested at John Lennon Airport in Liverpool when they tried to smuggle their dead relative on board an easyJet flight. The budget airline got more than it bargained for when Gitta and Anke Jarant, attempted to board their plane with Kurt ‘Willi’ Jarant, 91, who was already deceased. According to the mother-daughter  Continue Reading »