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La Rochelle offers two new easyJet destinations for the summer of 2027

After Rennes, La Rochelle. easyJet continues to develop its regional network with two routes that it will operate alone from the Rochelais airport. The company will thus offer seven destinations in the summer of 2027. Tickets are on sale since October 15. The connection to Nice will operate on Mondays and Fridays, for a total of 10 flights per week…

Rennes reconnects with Italy: easyJet opens the route to Milan

The easyJet company will start selling tickets on October 15th, and the Rennes-Milan flight will take off on May 7th, 2027. It will operate until September, on Mondays and Fridays. The Rennes-London Luton flight will start on July 1st, 2027, on Wednesdays and Sundays, only in July and August. This means that there will be two summer flights, and not one as previously planned…

EasyJet will again reduce its capacity by 700,000 seats

Facing a barrel of crude oil above $100 for more than a month, easyJet has decided to remove some 700,000 seats from its winter schedule. The surge in fuel prices for aircraft, which few strategists had anticipated lasting for such a long period, is indeed intensifying the pressure on airlines…

easyJet: lounge access in France and partnership with IHG

EasyJet is enhancing its offering for business travellers. In addition to reserving lounge access for them in Toulouse (see box), the airline has just entered into a partnership with IHG as part of the hotel group's programme dedicated to SMEs and mid-sized companies, IHG Business Edge. Launched in 2018, the latter has tens of thousands...

easyJet strengthens its network in France for the winter season

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…

EasyJet strike weekend

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 is confirmed

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…

Strike notice at easyJet in France in August

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...

An 11th easyJet line expected in Strasbourg

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…

U-turn: Apollo's target for easyJet

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…

Is easyJet ready to go American?

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…

Basel-Mulhouse – Lille: successful takeoff

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...

New easyJet flights from Lille and Strasbourg

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…

New flights are taking off between France and Morocco

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…

Strasbourg Airport: return to favour

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...

easyJet muscling in on Air France's territory to attract premium passengers

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: more flights between France and the UK for the 2026 summer season

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...

French air transport is sinking according to the FNAM

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...

easyJet on the offensive in Morocco: first base in Africa

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: easyJet prepares for winter

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...