Flights to Morocco and Canary Islands to be introduced by easyJet

Monday 26 October 2009

Cheap flights carrier easyJet will launch new flights to Morocco, the Canary Islands and Israel this winter.

Flights to Marrakech from Manchester will commence on Thursday (October 29th), while routes to Fuerteventura and Lanzarote from Liverpool will take effect on November 3rd.

Elsewhere, the airline is launching flights to Tel Aviv from London Luton, which will also begin on November 3rd.

Fuerteventura will be additionally served by Manchester, while easyJet will also introduce flights to Porto from London Gatwick, to Sharm el Sheikh from London Luton, and to Geneva and Paphos in Cyprus, also from Luton.

A total of 22 new routes are being introduced by the carrier as part of its winter schedule, while it will continue to operate high frequency services to key city airports and popular ski destinations.

The airline's shift in focus to sunshine destination are likely to appeal to holidaymakers who chose to stay at home this summer, but were ultimately left disappointed by the poor weather.

In May, easyJet commenced flights to Corfu, Athens, Dalaman and Bastia using its new Airbus A320 based at Manchester Airport.