easyJet has today celebrated its first flight taking off to the Georgian capital Tbilisi from London Luton Airport.  

 

The inaugural flight departed on time at 12:25 for the very first time to the airline's newest network destination and is scheduled to arrive into Georgia at 20:25 local time. 

 

The new city link is already proving popular with customers, who are choosing to explore Tiblisi as a new city break destination and as a gateway to discover more of Georgia. 

 

The new service will continue to operate twice a week on Tuesdays and Saturdays throughout the summer season.  The airline has also launched new routes to Tbilisi from Geneva and Milan Malpensa this year. 

 

Tbilisi offers an untapped, affordable city break and a rich blend of history, diverse architecture, and culture. The city’s picturesque Old Town streets, historic sulphur baths, and a lively arts scene, alongside opportunities to sample traditional Georgian cuisine and award-winning wines mean it’s a new destination to rival the more traditional staples.

 

To support increased choice and connectivity from London Luton, the airline recently based an additional Airbus A320 aircraft at its Luton base, meaning easyJet’s Luton fleet now comprises 25 A320 family aircraft. 

 

Ali Gayward, easyJet’s UK Country Manager, said:

 

“We are really pleased to be celebrating this exciting new route in easyJet’s network and to be providing unique direct connectivity between the UK and Tbilisi in Georgia this summer. 

 

“It will provide even more choice for our customers flying from London Luton who choose us for our unrivalled network which we continue to strengthen, our crew and their fantastic service, and of course our great value fares.”

 

Over seven million passengers choose to travel with easyJet to 74 destinations from London Luton each year and since easyJet’s very first flight from London Luton to Edinburgh almost 30 years ago, the airline has flown over 124 million passengers from the airport.

 

easyJet connects London Luton to major cities across Europe like Paris and Amsterdam, as well as to a range of fantastic leisure destinations such as Spain, Italy, Tunisia, Turkey and Egypt, offering value great fares and a convenient schedule for both leisure and business travellers.

 

To find out more about easyJet’s network from London Luton, visit easyJet.com. 

 

 

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

 

Notes to editors

 

 

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 operator, having taken over 2.5 million customers away in 2024.  Named UK & Ireland Travel Company of the Year in 2024, it offers great-value beach and city holidays to over 7000 hotels, in more than 100 destinations across Europe, 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 hotel, with 23kg luggage and transfers on beach holidays. 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. In 2024 the holiday provider also started operating from Switzerland, France and Germany.

 

Winners of the Sustainable Future Award, easyJet holidays’ sustainability strategy, ‘Holiday Better’, focuses on three key pillars – create better holiday choices which is about making sustainable travel affordable and accessible to everyone; keep our holidays special which is maximising the benefits and minimising the negative impacts of travel and tourism, and transform travel for everyone which means 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 has been named one of the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2023 and 2024, as well as being named one of the Best Workplaces in Travel 2023.