• 11 new routes are on sale for next summer to destinations across Portugal, Spain, France, Greece, Malta, Egypt, Turkey, Tunisia and Czech Republic

  • easyJet is the only airline offering a direct route from Newcastle to Nice

  • New routes are available online and via the app starting from £28.99*

  • Thousands of easyJet holidays package holidays also available up to October 2026

  • easyJet’s base at Newcastle will open next March supporting 1,200 jobs*

 

easyJet has put 11 new routes on sale from Newcastle Airport for summer 2026. more than doubling the number of destinations now on its network from Newcastle,  

 

Fares start from just £28.99* with thousands of package holidays already available via easyJet holidays to a range of brand-new destinations.

 

New services are set to take off from next summer to Antalya and Dalaman in Turkey, Greek Islands Rhodes and Corfu, Algarve gateway Faro in Portugal as well as Malta, Prague, the Spanish city of Reus and an exclusive route connecting Newcastle to Nice, opening up the south of France for holidaymakers in northeast England.

 

In addition, direct connections to North Africa are also set to operate from Newcastle, with services to the popular Egyptian resort of Sharm-El-Sheikh and Enfidha in Tunisia.

 

easyJet’s new route from Newcastle to Antalya will operate twice a week on Wednesdays and Sundays from 29 March with services to Enfidha, Nice and Faro also starting 29 March will operate three times a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

Flights to Malta will operate three times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays from 30 March.

And new services to Dalaman and Reus will operate twice weekly on Tuesdays and Saturdays from 31 March.

Flights to Corfu will depart twice a week on Mondays and Fridays from 3 April.

Further into summer easyJet’s new service from Newcastle to Prague will operate twice a week on Thursdays and Sundays from 2 August and from 3 August easyJet will fly to Sharm El Sheikh twice a week on Mondays and Fridays.

 

Kevin Doyle, easyJet’s UK Country Manager said:

 

““We’re delighted to be putting 11 new routes on sale from Newcastle for next summer as we gear up to the opening of our new base, which is enabling us to provide greater direct connectivity and choice for customers in the North East to even more destinations across Europe and North Africa, all with great value fares and fantastic service.”

 

Leon McQuaid, Director of Aviation Development at Newcastle Airport, said:

"Today’s announcement that easyJet has put flights on sale to 11 additional destinations for summer 2026, including a brand-new direct service to Nice, is fantastic news for our passengers. 

“The hundreds of thousands of low-cost seats, alongside the thousands of package holidays already on sale, provide our passengers with even more choice and great value when planning their summer getaways.

“This adds to the destinations easyJet already serves, including Alicante, Amsterdam, Geneva, Malaga, Palma de Mallorca, Paris, Bristol and Belfast. 

“It’s another exciting step towards easyJet opening its new base at Newcastle Airport in March – an investment that will support around 1,200 jobs and pave the way for more exciting new routes, which we look forward to announcing soon.” 

 

easyJet’s network expansion comes following the news the airline will open a new three-aircraft base at Newcastle Airport in spring 2026.

 

The opening of the base, with the addition of three aircraft at the airport, has enabled the airline to more than double the number of destinations now on its network from Newcastle.

This provides more choice for customers in the North East, Southern Scotland, North Yorkshire and Cumbria, helping to support vital UK connectivity as well as supporting around 1,200 UK jobs including 130 direct jobs.*

 

easyJet already serves eight domestic connections and international routes from Newcastle to popular beach and city destinations Alicante, Amsterdam, Geneva, Malaga, Palma de Mallorca, Paris, Bristol and Belfast.

 

Flights on the new routes are now available to book at easyJet.com and via the mobile app with fares starting from £28.99*

 

ENDS

For further information, please contact the easyJet Press Office via medicentre.easyJet.com/contacts or on 01582 525252

 

Notes to editors

*Flights one way per person including taxes

 

*Each UK-based aircraft directly supports 400 jobs and £27m UK GVA considering direct, indirect and induced impacts according to an independent assessment commissioned by Airlines UK.

 

About easyJet

 

easyJet is one of Europe’s largest airlines offering a unique and winning combination of the best route network connecting Europe's primary airports with great value fares and friendly service. easyJet flies on more of Europe’s most popular routes than any other airline and carried more than 100 million passengers in 2024. The airline has over 340 aircraft flying on over 1,000 routes to more than 160 airports across 35 countries. Over 300 million Europeans live within one hour's drive of an easyJet airport.

 

easyJet aims to be a good corporate citizen, employing people on local contracts in nine countries across Europe in full compliance with national laws and recognising their trade unions. The airline supports several local charities and has a corporate partnership with UNICEF which has raised over £17m for the most vulnerable children since it was established in 2012.

 

In 2022, easyJet published its roadmap to net zero by 2050. The roadmap, which also features a combination of fleet renewal, operational efficiencies, airspace modernisation, Sustainable Aviation Fuel and carbon removal technology, has set an ambitious interim carbon emissions intensity reduction target of 35% by 2035, validated by the Science-based targets initiative (SBTi). The airline’s ultimate aim is to fully transition its fleet to zero carbon emission technology, which it will achieve through a number of strategic partnerships including with Airbus, Rolls-Royce and GKN Aerospace Solutions. Since 2000, the airline has successfully reduced its carbon emissions per passenger, per kilometre by one-third and is the number 1 ESG rated airline in Europe by Sustainalytics, MSCI and CDP.

 

Innovation is in easyJet’s DNA – since launching nearly 30 years ago, easyJet changed the way people fly to the present day where the airline leads the industry in digital and operational innovations to make travel more easy and affordable for its passengers. In 2023 easyJet was named by TIME as one of the World’s Best Companies and a Leader in Diversity 2024 by The Financial Times.

 

About easyJet holidays 

 

easyJet holidays, which launched in 2019 is a leading package holiday provider which operates from the UK, Switzerland, Germany and France. The company took over 2.5 million customers on holiday in 2024.

 

Named UK & Ireland Travel Company of the Year 2024, it offers great value beach and city holidays to over 8000 hotels, in more than 100 destinations across Europe and North Africa, directly through its website and through over 7000 travel agent partners. The ATOL-protected holidays can be secured with a deposit of just £60 per person, including flights and accommodation, as well as 23kg luggage and transfers on beach breaks. easyJet holidays is a member of ABTA, and all packages are covered by its Ultimate Flexibility, offering freedom to change a booking, a refund guarantee, and best price guarantee.

 

Winners of the Sustainable Future Award, easyJet holidays’ sustainability strategy, ‘Holiday Better’, focuses on three key pillars – create better holiday choices by making sustainable travel affordable and accessible to everyone; keep our holidays special by maximising the benefits and minimising the negative impacts of travel and tourism, and transform travel for everyone by embedding sustainability into business decisions and behaviours and driving meaningful change in the industry. The tour operator has partnered with UN Tourism to help develop the first environmental, social and governance (ESG) framework for tourism businesses, co-designing a measurement tool that is meaningful and feasible for better monitoring how tourism businesses impact, and depend on, people, planet and prosperity.

 

easyJet holidays was named one of The Sunday Times Best Places to Work in 2023 2024, and 2025.

 

About Newcastle International Airport

Newcastle Airport is a public private partnership. Seven local authorities own 51% of the Airport company; Durham County Council, Gateshead MB Council, Newcastle City Council, Northumberland Council, North Tyneside Council, South Tyneside Council and Sunderland City Council. 49% is owned by InfraBridge, an infrastructure manager.  

The Airport was recognised as both the ‘Best in the World’ in the under five million passenger category, and ‘Overall winner’ at the 2024 Routes World Conference. It was also voted ‘Best Airport in Europe’, in the 2 to 5 million passenger category, at the ASQ Awards for providing exceptional customer service and ‘UK and Ireland Airport of the Year’ at the 2024 Travel Industry Awards. 

The Airport contributes more than £1bn in GVA annually to the regional economy and around 3,200 people are employed on its site. More than 17,000 jobs are also supported through its supply chain.  The Airport is committed to becoming Net Zero by the year 2035 and has been recognised as a 'sustainability sector leader'. 

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