easyJet has confirmed its London Southend-Amsterdam service will remain through the winter season, with twice-weekly flights set to start in November. The carrier recently launched its first post-pandemic flights between Southend and Amsterdam for the summer.
easyJet reveals winter Southend-Amsterdam flights
The low-cost carrier will operate two weekly flights between London Southend Airport (SEN) and Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS) from November, with flights available on Mondays and Fridays. The airline has already begun selling fares for the winter service as little as £24 ($30) each way.
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Customer & Industrial Director Caroline Fitzgerald said,
The 50-minute flights will proceed until February 2024 – easyJet has made the choice to increase its Amsterdam service as its summer schedule has proven so popular with travelers. Together with its popularity as one among Europe’s leading city break destinations, Amsterdam Schiphol boasts a few of the most extensive onward connections on the continent and can be a significant business hub.
The airline operated its first flight from Southend to Amsterdam on May twenty fourth with Easy Flying in attendance. Many flights on this route have reportedly already sold out, showing how high demand is for flights to one among Europe’s premier cities.
4 Southend destinations, soon to be five
The airline currently serves 4 destinations out of London’s sixth airport – Amsterdam, Faro, Malaga and Palma de Mallorca – with a fifth, Paris Charles de Gaulle, on the way in which in late October. The Paris service will run 4 times per week (Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays) and shall be available all 12 months round.
Photo: London Southend Airport
Fitzgerald added,
Bulgaria flights next summer?
In response to Echo News, Southend Airport may start offering direct flights to Bulgaria from next summer – tour operator Balkan Holidays has included Southend Airport in its 2024 schedule, suggesting all that is still is a proper announcement from the airport and airline. There are other routes on the table too, including restoring a former link with Jersey which attracted greater than 60,000 passengers annually pre-pandemic.
Photo: Jonathan Hendry | Easy Flying
Southend is well positioned for a period of rapid growth, provided that it’s currently operating at a fraction of its full potential – passenger traffic over 2022 was just 4.4% of what it was in 2019, while the airport has lost almost 70 destinations throughout the last decade. John Upton, CEO of London Southend Airport, added the airport is “confident there may be more to come back for summer 2024.”
Are you pleased to see easyJet extend its Southend-Amsterdam service into the winter? Have you ever booked a flight on this route yet? Tell us within the comments.
Source: Echo News
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An aircraft of British low-cost airline Easyjet is seen on the tarmac at Schoenefeld airport in Schoenefeld, near Berlin, on August 24, 2020. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP) (Photo by JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images)
easyJet
- IATA/ICAO Code:
- U2/EZY (UK) |EC/EJU (Europe) |DS/EZS (Switzerland)
- Airline Type:
- Low-Cost Carrier
- Hub(s):
- Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, Berlin Brandenburg Airport, Geneva Airport, London Gatwick Airport, London Luton Airport, Milan Malpensa Airport
- Yr Founded:
- 1995
- CEO:
- Johan Lundgren
