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Easyjet holidays to take on OTA and DIY sectors with city break blitz

Operators
James Chapple
13 January 2025

EasyJet’s new boss wants its in-house operator, easyJet holidays, to capture a bigger share of the city break market by converting more of the DIY bookings and OTA packages using its flights.

Krakow is one of several potential city break winners for easyJet holidays, according to the airline's new boss

Kenton Jarvis, who succeeded Johan Lundgren late last year, told The Telegraph the airline and operator needed to persuade consumers booking easyJet flights that its operator can offer equally competitively priced accommodation.


He flagged Amsterdam as an example of a "really popular route", one of easyJet’s busiest in the winter, yet is predominantly being booked and travelled on by people booking their own rooms.


Plans include tweaking the easyJet website so people looking for flights to cities like Krakow or Prague are directed to a "flight plus hotel" option rather than an easyJet holidays landing page heavily focused on the beach market.