easyJet sets its sights on Italy (and Linate): 16 new routes announced. All the details
Thanks to the marriage between ITA and Lufthansa, from next year easyJet-as a 'remedy taker'-will have 30 [...]
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Thanks to marriage between ITA e Lufthansa, from next year easyJet - as a 'remedy taker'-will have 30 daily slots in theMilan-Linate airport.
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As we have written in recent weeks, the British company will base 8 more aircraft (5 at Linate and 3 at Fiumicino) and will be responsible for. Managing the routes under the agreement with the EU (from LIN and FCO to Brussels, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, Vienna and Zurich).
easyJet, however, will not only operate the routes under the competition-saving agreement but, rather, thanks to the slots obtained from ITA and LH, will begin to offer new destinations from Linate airport. From January '25, specifically, passengers will be able to fly to Barcelona, Birmingham, Copenhagen, Lisbon, e Luxembourg; then in February, it will be the turn of the routes to Edinburgh e Tenerife; in March, connections to Manchester, Oslo e Split; Finally, from April, new flights to Ibiza e Majorca and from June toward Figari.
easyJet, in addition, Will upgrade the frequencies of some routes: from March 30, daily flights to/from London-Gatwick will become 2; daily flights to Amsterdam will increase from 1 to 3; daily frequencies to Berlin will become 4. Between Linate and Paris (both Orly and Charles de Gaulle), again, easyJet will operate up to 4 daily flights and from Malpensa Will begin to fly to ORY.
"We are excited to write a new chapter in easyJet's history in Italy by launching new bases in Milan Linate and Rome Fiumicino, joining Milan Malpensa and Naples where we continue to invest and consolidate our position. Our offer continues to be enriched and today alone we have put on sale as many as 27 new routes to and from Italy, 21 of which are operated from the new bases, many of which are brand new, adding more than one and a half million seats for next summer to fly to major European destinations at competitive fares." comments Lorenzo Lagorio, easyJet Italy country manager.
Italy, therefore, becomes the company's second largest market after the UK. A total of more than 14 million seats will be offered by easyJet during the 2025 summer season: there will be 250 routes to/from 20 Italian airports and 38 aircraft based .
