easyJet announces 13% increase in capacity in Summer 2011

easyJet today published its summer 2011 flying programme which shows an increase in capacity of 13% compared to services operated in summer 2010. easyJet, the UK’s largest airline, is increasing frequency to popular destinations and launching new routes in the UK and across its operations within Europe.
Highlights of the new flying programme include:

Flying over 40 million seats between 27 Mar and 29 Oct 2011
Opening 11 new routes across Europe
Six new routes from London Gatwick – Amman, Izmir, Verona, Bologna, Seville and Aberdeen
Significant increases in flights to and from several leading European cities including:
Manchester
Amsterdam
Barcelona
Geneva
Paris (CDG)

Commenting on the announcement Carolyn McCall, easyJet’s Chief Executive, said: “Our summer 2011 schedule is our biggest ever and will strengthen easyJet’s network still further by adding additional frequencies on our most popular routes and launching new services to attractive destinations. easyJet’s success is built on offering both leisure and business passengers the best value fares at the most convenient times to the most convenient airports.”

Today’s announcement means that next year easyJet will be operating 551 routes between 129 airports across 30 countries. In total easyJet will fly 40.64 million seats in the summer 2011 season up from 35.97 million the previous year.

For further information please contact:
easyJet Press Office 01582 52 52 52

Notes to editors
The number of seats flown in the 2010 summer season was lower than originally planned due to flight cancellations caused by a number of factors including the Icelandic volcano and European ATC strikes.
The aviation industry’s summer 2011 season runs from 27 March- 29 October, 2011
easyJet’s 2011 financial year runs from 1 October 2010 – 30 September 2011