easyJet launch from Manchester Airport
31.03.08
easyJet begins flights from its new base at Manchester Airport today and is offering the chance to win flights and holidays. Its new flights from the airport - launched as a result of the takeover of GB Airways - include to holiday hotspots such as Tenerife, Paphos, Malaga, Malta and Heraklion.
As part of the launch the budget airline plans to paint the city orange, with an orange easyJet fun bus is touring Manchester calling at main sites including Piccadilly Gardens, Corporation Street, Deansgate, Oxford Street and Church Street. Mancunians will have the opportunity to win easyJet prizes such as flights and holidays to summer sun destinations from Manchester.
Manchester Airport MD, Andrew Cornish, said: ‘We are delighted to be welcoming easyJet to Manchester. It is a vibrant and ambitious airline that will offer Manchester passengers a popular range of routes at excellent prices.'
The airline expects to carry over half a million passengers from Manchester in the next year and says it is committed to further growth in the region in the near future.
The new six routes are: Heraklion twice weekly (Tuesday and Friday) from £32.99, Malta and Malaga daily from £29.99, Paphos seven weekly (Monday, Wednesday (x2), Thursday, Saturday and Sunday (x2) from £32.99, Tenerife five weekly (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday) from £32.99 and Innsbruck Weekly (Sunday) until April 20 from £27.99.
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