easyJet, Europe’s leading airline, is celebrating the 20-year anniversary of its base at London Gatwick airport.
The airline launched its first based flight between London Gatwick and Barcelona on 1st February 2002 and since then has carried over 200 million customers to and from the airport over the last two decades.
easyjet is Gatwick’s largest airline – 79 aircraft will operate next summer and now serves over 120 routes across Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.
The airline now has an all Airbus A320 family fleet including the more efficient neo type and introduced its first ever A321 neo into the fleet in 2018 which was also based in Gatwick.
Since 2019, easyJet flew around 19m passengers to and from the airport. The airline has just added over 1.1 million additional seats on sale from the airport next for summer.
It will also be introducing a new route for customers next summer from Gatwick.
On sale later this week is Krk, the largest Island in the Adriatic sea, and a brand new destination in easyJet’s network. The new route will operate on Tuesdays and Saturdays, starting 3rd May.
Ali Gayward, easyJet’s UK Country Manager said:
“easyJet is delighted to be celebrating 20 years at our London Gatwick base, our largest base in the network. Over the last two decades we have remained committed to providing even more choice for our customers travelling to and from the airport, growing our operation to become Gatwick’s largest airline.
“And we remain focussed on growth at Gatwick; we recently added over a million extra seats from the airport for next summer and new routes such as our new flights to Krk off the coast of Croatia, continuing to provide passengers with an ever-greater range of destinations all with a convenient schedule, low fares and great service for both leisure and business travellers.
Stephanie Wear, Vice President of Airline Development, Gatwick Airport, said:
“easyJet and Gatwick have grown together over the last 20 years and, since that first flight to Barcelona, we have helped millions of passengers go on holiday, visit friends and family or take an important business trip.
“The events of the last two years make today’s 20th anniversary of easyJet at Gatwick even more poignant and it feels fantastic that together we can once again offer our passengers the opportunity to enjoy the delights of so many destinations across Europe and beyond.”
For more information, please visit easyjet.com.
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