easyJet, recently welcomed an additional aircraft to its base at Edinburgh Airport marking a total of nine A320 at Edinburg. With 70 routes across 17 countries in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, the airline will operate its largest ever flying programme from Scotland this summer and is set to operate 6.3 million seats to and from Scotland, around a million more than summer 2019.
Recently the airline launched its inaugural route from Edinburgh to Catania in Italy, with the new service now operating up to twice a week. The airline also launched its Antalya route from June 3 operating twice weekly, on Wednesday and Saturday.
Ali Gayward, UK Country Manager, easyJet said: “We are delighted to be welcoming the arrival of our ninth aircraft in Edinburgh today and to be celebrating the launch of our new summer routes to Catania and Antalya, which is a testament to our continued success and commitment to our customers by providing greater choice and direct connectivity to more of the fantastic destinations Europe has to offer, for what will be our biggest ever summer in Scotland.”
Kate Sherry, Chief Commercial Officer (Aero) said: “It’s great to see the new routes to Catania and Antalya commence as both offer something very different to our passengers, ensuring we are offering choice of destination and experience where we can. The basing of another aircraft at Edinburgh to expand easyJet’s presence to nine at Scotland’s airport really demonstrates the airline’s commitment to growth in the capital. We are always looking to use the latest aircraft with the most modern technology and four A320s delivers that, and we look forward to working with each other to provide more choice for passengers where we can.”