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Low-cost airline easyJet is continuing to densify its French network for the 2026-2027 IATA winter season. Half a dozen airports are affected by this ramp-up, with most benefiting from connections mainly to "sun" destinations, such as Egypt, Morocco and the Iberian Peninsula. easyJet is presenting several new destinations for 2026, with…

According to information gathered by AFP from the SNPNC-FO union, around forty easyJet flights will be cancelled on 15 August departing from French airports. It will happen all over again the next day, with an impact of a similar scale. Flight attendants represented by the inter-union coalition SNPNC-FO, UNPNC-CFDT and UNAC-CFE-CGC are condemning a deterioration in their working conditions,...

The buyout of easyJet by Apollo Global Management opens a new chapter for one of Europe's leading low-cost airlines. Indeed, easyJet accepted the offer of approximately £5.7 billion (roughly €6.5 billion) made by the American fund Apollo on August 6th, following the withdrawal of its competitor Castlelake. The offer values each easyJet share at £7.15…

Turbulence expected for easyJet in France. The SNPNC-FO, UNAC-CFE-CGC and UNPNC-CFDT unions have jointly announced the lodging of a strike notice covering all the airline's French bases, from the morning of Friday 7 August to the evening of Wednesday 2 September. While no date has been officially set, business travellers should only be moderately...

We will have to wait until next November 20th to see easyJet connect Alsace with a new European destination – but bookings are already open. The low-cost airline announced on Thursday that it will be heading to Bristol for the winter. Two flights per week will be operated by easyJet, on Mondays and Fridays. Bristol thus becomes the eleventh destination…

EasyJet has every chance of becoming American, but its future owner will no longer be the same. After recommending the latest proposal from American investor Castlelake, a new offer has come along to shake things up. Last Friday, the easyJet board of directors backed a higher takeover bid from American fund Apollo, abandoning…

The American financial sirens will ultimately have had their way with easyJet's resistance to a US investment fund entering its capital. On Friday, 3 July, at the end of the day, easyJet announced that it had reached an agreement in principle with the American investment company Castlelake on a proposed acquisition valuing the airline at approximately 5.2 billion…

easyJet's rise at Lille is confirmed. The airline, which is preparing a new flight to Prague from the northern airport, launched another route there exclusively on Monday. The Lille - Basel-Mulhouse link is now operational twice a week, on Mondays and Fridays. A "hop" of 1 hour and 20 minutes – compared to 7 hours...

easyJet will increase its offering at two French airports at the end of 2026. Starting with Lille, which will be linked to Prague from 28 October. Two flights a week will be operated by the airline, on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The Strasbourg - London route will be inaugurated a month later, more precisely…

This is a strategic focus for both business travellers and holidaymakers: easyJet will once again strengthen its presence between France and Morocco. And as a sign that the corporate market is being targeted by the low-cost airline, the new flights will operate all year round. Marrakech is setting out to win back travellers and…

For two to three years now, Strasbourg Airport has been showing signs of recovery, emerging from the shadow that the nearby platforms of Basel-Mulhouse and Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden still cast over air traffic in the city. The airport of the Alsatian and European capital benefits partly from the tremendous traffic growth generated by Volotea. The carrier...

Transavia's expansion at Orly, Air France's low-cost subsidiary, is pushing easyJet to adopt more aggressive marketing tactics to preserve its market share on domestic routes. The orange airline has thus announced an exclusive offer to Flying Blue members, offering them a 50%% discount on any new subscription to…

EasyJet is continuing its expansion in its home country for the spring/summer 2026 season. The airline, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this November, will be launching 16 new routes from eight UK airports. The largest number of new routes will be from Bristol and Glasgow airports. Of these 16 new routes, 3 include...

The FNAM commissioned a detailed study by consultants Asterès on the costs of operations driven by public policy on long-haul and short-haul flights from a number of EU countries as well as Turkey and the USA. The final conclusion is clear: France can now...

Could this be linked to the shared organisation of the 2030 Football World Cup? Or simply the advent of a top-tier business destination, even on the MICE map? Be that as it may, Morocco is in the sights of major business travel players, and particularly airlines. On the sidelines…

Toulouse-Blagnac airport will again be linked to two business destinations this winter by easyJet. The Toulouse-Marrakech flight will resume service on 26 October. Three flights will be operated each week until the end of the year, every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. On the same date, the Blagnac-Gatwick route will also be relaunched. The pink city will be linked to...

What is the impact of the recent increase in the solidarity tax that came into force on March 1? Réginald Otten - It's still early to judge the impact of this tax because it has only just come into force. We're not happy about it, we're against it, and we've been very critical of the risks it entails...

The announcement was made on 3 April, and should be of interest to business travellers to Bordeaux. At the end of October, easyJet will be adding two European destinations from Bordeaux airport. Starting with Budapest, where operations will begin on 26 October with two flights a week (Thursday and Sunday). This route between the two...

The two new routes unveiled by easyJet on Tuesday will make their debut on 27 October. They will enable business travellers to reach two business destinations from Nantes. These are Madrid and Budapest. The Spanish capital will be served every Monday and Friday. As will Hungary's main airport. EasyJet will be the only airline...

easyJet has launched easyJet Plus for Business, a programme that allows companies to purchase, manage and receive discounts on multiple season tickets on behalf of their employees, in addition to access to a range of travel benefits. This centralised management enables companies to exercise greater control over their travellers'...