easyJet has announced five new routes from Birmingham for this summer, mainly targeting on leisure destinations.
easyJet has announced plans for five new services from Birmingham this summer to Mallorca, Malaga, Alicante, Faro and Corfu.
Starting 29th June, the London-Luton based-carrier will operate flights to Malaga and Faro, followed by Alicante from 30th June, Mallorca from 3rd July and Corfu from 4th July.
easyJet will be competing with Jet 2, Ryanair and TUI on all five of the routes.
Flight schedule of Birmingham-Malaga-Birmingham route:
- Birmingham-Malaga
- Departure time: 17:40
- Arrival time: 21:00
- Flight time: 2 hours and 40 minutes
- Flight number: U26505
- Frequency: Tuesdays and Saturdays
- Malaga-Birmingham
- Departure time: 15:00
- Arrival time: 16:45
- Flight time: 2 hours and 45 minutes
- Flight number: U26506
- Frequency: Tuesdays and Saturdays
Flight schedule of Birmingham-Faro-Birmingham route:
- Birmingham-Faro
- Departure time: 18:00
- Arrival time: 20:55
- Flight time: 2 hours and 55 minutes
- Flight number: U26527
- Frequency: Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays
- Faro-Birmingham
- Departure time: 14:30
- Arrival time: 17:25
- Flight time: 2 hours and 55 minutes
- Flight number: U26528
- Frequency: Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays
Flight schedule of Birmingham-Alicante-Birmingham route:
- Birmingham-Alicante
- Departure time: 08:05
- Arrival time: 11:45
- Flight time: 2 hours and 40 minutes
- Flight number: U26521
- Frequency: Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays
- Alicante-Birmingham
- Departure time: 12:20
- Arrival time: 14:05
- Flight time: 2 hours and 45 minutes
- Flight number: U26522
- Frequency: Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays
Flight schedule of Birmingham-Mallorca-Birmingham route:
- Birmingham-Mallorca
- Departure time: 18:00
- Arrival time: 21:30
- Flight time: 2 hours and 30 minutes
- Flight number: U26501
- Frequency: Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays
- Mallorca-Birmingham
- Departure time: 15:50
- Arrival time: 17:25
- Flight time: 2 hours and 35 minutes
- Flight number: U26502
- Frequency: Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays
Flight schedule of Birmingham-Corfu-Birmingham route:
- Birmingham-Corfu
- Departure time: 14:50
- Arrival time: 20:05
- Flight time: 3 hours and 15 minutes
- Flight number: U26609
- Frequency: Thursdays and Sundays
- Corfu-Birmingham
- Departure time: 14:00
- Arrival time: 15:30
- Flight time: 3 hours and 30 minutes
- Flight number: U26610
- Frequency: Thursdays and Sundays
The new Birmingham services add to Easyjet’s existing route network from the airport to Amsterdam (seasonal), Belfast International, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Geneva.
With uncertainty still surrounding holidays abroad from the UK this summer, the carrier highlighted its Protection Promise, which includes a refund guarantee for flights or holidays if they are cancelled, as well as a full refund for holidays if customers change their minds up to 28 days before departure.
Ali Gayward, United Kingdom Country Manager, easyJet, said:
We are pleased to announce more connectivity to Birmingham today in flying to popular beach destinations and getting customers away on their much-needed summer holiday across Europe this year. We believe that a framework can be put in place for the safe reopening of travel and a strong summer, and we are currently focused on working with the UK Government Travel Task Force in the coming days and weeks. We are hopeful that progress will continue to be made with the vaccination programmes in Europe, with several countries in Europe having indicated they will be welcoming British tourists this summer. We remain of the view that international travel can restart and that, with the right framework in place, restrictions can be safely and progressively reduced and in some cases removed by mid-summer for key destinations. We’ve kept our fleet in a flight-ready mode so we are ready and able to ramp up our services quickly and increase our capacity where we see increased demand for the summer.
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