EasyJet is opening its 10th UK base with three 186-seat A320neo aircraft assigned to Southend in time for summer 2025.
Around seven million easyJet customers have flown from Southend since it opened in 2012
The base will open next March with six new routes to Pisa, Gran Canaria, Dalaman, Antalya, Marrakech and Enfidha.
The announcement, made alongside the airline’s half year results, is confirmation of the airport’s popularity with the airline which has operated an aircraft there since 2012.
In the past 12 years, the airline has flown more than seven million customers to destinations including Amsterdam, Geneva, Faro, Palma, Malaga and Paris.
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