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EasyJet to up capacity at Southend by 30% this summer

Air
James Chapple
17 January 2023

EasyJet will increase capacity at Southend airport by 30% this summer after signing a new "multi-year partnership" with the airport’s owner Esken to continue operating from Southend.

Southend airport has agreed a new multi-year deal with easyJet (Credit: Esken)

Southend airport is subject to an ownership restructure (Credit: Esken)

Details of the new deal were revealed on Tuesday (17 January) and will see easyJet launch an up to four-times-weekly Amsterdam service, starting 24 May. Flights will operate on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays during the summer season.


Amsterdam becomes easyJet’s fourth destination at Southend, joining Malaga, Majorca and Faro. It will also operate up to an additional four flights a week to Faro this summer.


With the addition of Amsterdam and the extension of its Faro route, easyJet will operate up to 18 weekly departures from Southend this summer, an increase of 30% compared with summer 2022.