The British clow-cost is ready to open two new bases in Italy from the end of March 2025: Milan Linate and Rome Fiumicino.
Linking Linate with airports in Europe
The two new bases will be added to Malpensa and Naples, where eight aircraft will be positioned. EasyJet is thus responding to the request to guarantee connections for three years between Linate and Fiumicino and some airports in Germany, Switzerland, Belgium and Austria, offsetting the risk of monopoly by Ita-Lufthansa on the same routes.
Three ITA A302s on wetlease
Thus easyJet’s future as a remedy maker takes on precise contours, close to the green light from the EU Antitrust Authority, expected very soon, to the marriage between ITA Airways and Lufthansa. Regarding the fleet, of the eight Airbuses, at least three will be A320s made available by ITA Airways under a wetlease agreement. The opening of the two bases is subject to the approval of the Ita-Lufthansa transaction by the European Commission.
Increased frequencies and optimized schedules
As for the network, in addition to the 10 European routes included in the ITA-Lufthansa solutions, the airline is preparing to increase frequencies and optimize schedules on already active routes: from a greater number of flights between Linate and London Gatwick to the opening of new destinations in the United Kingdom, continental Europe and various leisure destinations.
Over 20 million seats on the Italian market
More than 20 million seats will be on sale to and from Italy on a total of 234 routes, 29 of which will be launched in the 2024 fiscal year: this is the snapshot of easyJet's positioning in Italy. In the fiscal year that has just closed (last 30 September) the company confirmed itself as the leading carrier at Malpensa, with a capacity of 8.6 million seats (up 8%) on 67 routes.
Investing in its Malpensa training centre
easyJet recently presented, in collaboration with CAE, a further investment in its Malpensa training centre with the addition of a new simulators dedicated to training the company's crews, further consolidating the airport's role as easyJet's main continental hub. At its Naples base the carrier offered 3.7 million seats on 49 routes, up 13%.
