easyJet last week celebrated carrying over three million passengers to and from Birmingham airport.
To mark the occasion, the airline surprised two lucky travellers Terri and Stephen from Rowley Regis with a pair of easyJet return flights from Birmingham to Belfast.
The airline also announced a brand new, twice-weekly service to Faro in Portugal with low fares available from just £24.99*. Flights will depart on Wednesdays and Sundays throughout the summer season between 1 May and 26 October 2022.
The new route comes following new summer services to Malaga and Palma de Mallorca as the airline continues to expand its leisure destination offering from Birmingham.
The airline said in a statement that “its operations are now larger ever before.”
This summer, easyJet is set to operate nearly four times more seats from Birmingham than it did in summer 2019.
Ali Gayward, easyJet’s UK Country Manager, said:
“Over the past months, we’ve continued growing our operations at Birmingham, serving more customers, and offering more connections to a greater range of destinations than ever before – which is especially exciting as we know that so many people have missed being able to holiday over the last two years.
“We remain focused on offering great value and convenient connections for our customers in the Midlands, whether they are travelling on their long-awaited holidays, reuniting with friends and family or getting back to business, and I am thankful to our fantastic customers for choosing to travel with us.”
Tom Screen, Aviation Director of Birmingham Airport said:
“This is an important milestone to celebrate with easyJet. Our partnership with the airline has grown over the years and it is great that today we see the airline carry its three millionth passenger and additionally welcome the announcement of a new route to Faro.
“This popular Portuguese destination is a firm favourite for customers flying From Birmingham Airport and we welcome the extra capacity on this route.
“We look forward to continuing to work with easyJet to offer our customers additional routes in the near future.”
The airline launched operations at Birmingham airport 15 years ago, flying its first customers from Birmingham to Geneva in 2007.
Since then, easyJet has continued to return to Birmingham and in recent years established more services than ever before for both leisure customers, those visiting family and friends, and business travellers.
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