Edinburgh and Inverness airports are among seven to be added to the ‘Worldwide by easyJet’ connections platform after the airline extended the portal.
Other airports included in the expansion of the platform include Berlin Tegel, Venice Marco Polo, Amsterdam Schiphol, Paris Charles De Gaulle and Orly.
Combined with connections already announced through London Gatwick and Milan Malpensa, this means that over half of the airline’s flights – and 53 million easyJet customers a year – will be able to connect to airline partner services and other easyJet flights in a single booking through the digital booking platform.
New connecting airlines have also been added to the booking platform, with partnerships with Thomas Cook Airlines at Gatwick meaning easyJet customers can travel to the Caribbean, or to the USA, Africa and the Indian Ocean with La Compagnie and Corsair who will both fly from Paris Orly.
Norwegian will extend connecting services from Paris Charles De Gaulle and Paris Orly in the coming weeks, from Amsterdam Schiphol in the summer when the airline launches its service to New York from the Dutch capital and also from Edinburgh.
Meanwhile, easyJet’s existing relationship with Loganair will allow customers to connect to the highlands and Islands via Edinburgh.
“Our focus, as always, is to deliver our passengers choice,” said Gordon Dewar, chief executive, Edinburgh Airport. “We’re therefore delighted to be included in Worldwide by easyJet as it does just that. By integrating with other partner carriers, passengers travelling to and from Edinburgh will now have more choice than ever.”
Inverness Airport general manager, Graeme Bell, said: “Worldwide by easyJet at Inverness further increases connectivity for passengers in the Highlands and Islands. By partnering with Thomas Cook Airlines, easyJet opens more leisure market destinations via London Gatwick.
“The addition of Loganair as an airline partner is especially welcome for passengers travelling from the islands and onwards to Gatwick.”
