EasyJet to open new Faro and Malaga bases

The airline will base three aircraft in Faro next summer, and another three in Malaga, with operations due to get under way in the spring.

"The new bases will allow the airline to better respond to higher customer demand over the summer, with plans to become operational next spring operating over the summer season to the end of October," said easyJet.

Faro will become easyJet’s third Portuguese base, along with Lisbon and Porto, and will serve the Algarve, while Malaga will become its third in Spain, along with Barcelona and Majorca, and will serve Spain’s Costa del Sol.