Three Airbus A320 aircraft have been allocated to the base, which will operate from March through to October. Operations there got under way on 1 June, creating 100 jobs.
EasyJet will offer 21 routes to and from Faro, including services to Belfast, Bristol, Gatwick, Liverpool, Luton and Manchester.
Operations were dealt an early blow, though, after it was confirmed on 3 June Portugal would be removed from the UK government’s quarantine-free green list on 7 June, just three weeks after the country became the first mainstream tourist destination to be green lit.
