School’s Out!
easyJet and easyJet holidays set to operate 82,000 flights over the school holidays during biggest ever summer flying programme
The airline’s busiest day of the summer will be Friday 5th September when around 300,000 customers are expected to jet off on nearly 2,000 flights across its European network
Palma, Faro and Alicante the most popular destinations for UK holidaymakers with package holidays to Turkey, the Balearics and Greece among the favourites for families
Tour operator easyJet holidays will also see its busiest summer season ever
As schools prepare to break up across the UK, easyJet and easyJet holidays will see their biggest ever summer with over 82,000 flights network wide during the school holidays.
Over seven million UK customers are set to take to the skies on over 45,000 flights to and from the UK alone.
The airline is operating its biggest ever summer this year, with seven additional Airbus A320 family aircraft having joined its UK-based fleet at Bristol, Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh and newest UK base, London Southend.
More than 33 million seats are set to operate to and from the UK across the whole summer season, half a million more than last year. 44 new routes including flights 3 brand new destinations Sal in Cape Verde, Rimini in Italy and Tbilisi in Georgia are operating for the first time this summer, with more choice to longer leisure routes like Turkey, Egypt, Cape Verde, Tunisia and Morocco.
The airline will see its busiest day of the summer season on 5th September when nearly 2,000 flights are set to take off with over 300,000 customers expecting to fly, as thousands of families across the UK return from their summer break while others jet off on their well-deserved holidays.
The most popular summer destinations from the UK this summer with Spanish Malaga and Palma de Mallorca topping the list, as well as Faro in Portugal a firm favourite, for those seeking guaranteed sun, outstanding food, culture and natural beauty.
Closer to home, Edinburgh followed by Belfast are the most popular domestic destinations for people travelling across the UK to friends and relatives during the summer holidays.
easyJet holidays will also see its busiest summer season ever, with customers enjoying a well-deserved getaway to the likes of Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes, Tenerife, Antalya and Dalaman; where the tour operator has sold more free kids places than ever before.
Sophie Dekkers, easyJet’s Chief Commercial Officer, said:
"Every year, millions of customers continue to choose easyJet for the unrivalled choice of destinations we offer across our network, our great value fares and our crew’s fantastic service.
“And this year with more seats, new routes and package holidays, we’re offering more choice for customers than ever before, and we look forward to taking them away for a well-deserved holiday, always aiming to make travel easy.”
Great value fares are still available for this summer with fares available from just £14.99*, including:
London Gatwick to Copenhagen from £38.99*, to Palma from £29.99*, and Faro from £29.99*
London Luton to Nice from £32.99*, to Berlin from £32.99*, and Malaga from £35.99*
London Southend to Antalya from £42.99, to Faro from £14.99 and Alicante from £14.99
Bristol to Geneva from 23.99*, to Madrid from £23.99* and to Nice from £32.99*
Birmingham to Edinburgh from £17.99* to Malaga from £20.99*, to Corfu from £23.99*
Manchester to Hamburg from £23.99*, to Skiathos from £29.99* and to Split from £26.99*
Liverpool to Paris from £14.99*, to Belfast from £22.99* and to Nice from £20.99*
Edinburgh to Tenerife from £45.99* to Copenhagen from £35.99 and Paris from £26.99
Glasgow to Pula from £20.99*, to Faro from £23.99*, and to Alicante from 23.99*
Belfast to Menorca from £22.99*, Nice from £35.99*, and to Ibiza from £23.99*
Last minute holidaymakers looking for inspiration can also use easyJet's Low Fare Finder to search for the lowest fares on easyJet's entire network, all in one place.
easyJet holidays’ top picks include: *Inclusive of SUMMER promo** Inclusive of CITYSAVER promo
easyJet holidays offers seven nights at the 4* Alua Calas de Mallorca Resort in Mallorca on an All Inclusive basis for £696 per person* including 23kg of luggage per person, transfers and flights from Birmingham on 28 August 2025
easyJet holidays offers seven nights at the 4* Numa Port Hotel in Antalya on a Bed and Breakfast basis for £870 per person* including 23kg of luggage per person, transfers and flights from Manchester on 27 July 2025
easyJet holidays offers seven nights at the 3* Columbus Aparthotel in Tenerife on a Self-Catering basis for £575 per person* including 23kg of luggage per person, transfers and flights from London Southend on 19 August 2025
easyJet holidays offers seven nights at the 4* Julian Club Hotel in Dalaman on an All Inclusive basis for £579 per person* including 23kg of luggage per person, transfers and flights from Edinburgh on 23 September 2025
easyJet holidays offers three nights at the 4* Plaza Boutique Hotel in Krakow on a Room Only basis for £222 per person** including flights from London Gatwick on 31 August 2025
easyJet holidays offers three nights at the 4* SB Plaza Europa in Barcelona on a Room Only basis for £240 per person** including flights from Liverpool on 31 August 2025
easyJet holidays offers seven nights at the 4* Sol By Melia Cosmopolitan Rhodes in Rhodes on an All Inclusive basis for £1,032 per person including 23kg of luggage per person, transfers and flights from Manchester on 4 September 2025
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Terms and Conditions:
*Save up to £200 with code SUMMER, save £200, min spend £2000, save £100, min spend £800. Spend/saving amount is per booking based on the total holiday price (excluding the optional cost of airport parking) and the code must be applied on the ‘extras’ page of easyJet.com/holidays or via your local travel agent. Promo code valid for new bookings made from 10/7/25 until further notice for holidays taking place before 31/10/25. See Offer Conditions on our website for full T&Cs. easyJet holidays Ltd (ABTA Y6633) is ATOL protected (11694)
**Save £20 per person with promo code CITY20. Saving amount is per person based on the total holiday price and the code must be applied on the ‘extras’ page of easyJet.com/holidays. Promo code valid for new bookings made before 11pm 4/8/25 for holidays completed by 31/10/25. See Offer Conditions on our website for full T&Cs. easyJet holidays Ltd (ABTA Y6633) is ATOL protected (11694)
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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.
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.
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