EasyJet ups its game in Italy by adding eight international routes for next summer. The five airports expanding their summer offerings are Milan Malpensa and Naples Capodichino, the first two easyJet bases in Italy, as well as Palermo, Bari, and Ancona.
La Coruna is the start of the Camino di Santiago de Compostela
Milan Malpensa is easyJet's main hub in continental Europe, and flights for to La Coruna will take off for the first time on March 28th to this city which inspired the young Picasso. It is also the start of one of the two itineraries on the famous Camino de Santiago de Compostela, and will be reachable with two weekly flights on Tuesdays and Saturdays.
Four new international routes, and Zurich returns
There are also four new international routes from Naples: Birmingham, Porto, and Pola, as well as the resumption of Zurich flights which will be operational again on May 29. All these new connections will have bi-weekly frequencies. Palermo will have an easyJet connection to Porto every Saturday beginning July 1, while Bari will have two weekly flights on Mondays and Fridays starting on June 26. Finally, from July 3 the Ancona-London Gatwick flight will resume with two weekly frequencies, on Mondays and Fridays.
“The prospects are for growth, returning to pre-Covid levels”
“During the pandemic, it was a very competitive situation and our offer was consolidated,” says country manager Italia Lorenzo Lagorio. “We want to maintain it by guaranteeing customers the best product, with more frequencies and the best times. This summer we will fly to 19 Italian airports, including Lampedusa. We have 33 planes in Italy, with our main base in Malpensa, as well as Naples and Venice. The overall passenger numbers expected are similar to those seen in summer 2019, but our network has evolved: thethe prospects are for growth, returning to pre-Covid levels.”
