Budget airline easyJet is launching four new routes from its hub at Belfast International airport this week. The expansion will see a £120 million investment as a sixth aircraft is based at the airport, and the creation of an extra 50 jobs.
The new routes include twice weekly flights to Gdansk in Poland, which start today, followed by flights to Prague four times a week and Venice twice a week on Thursday. Flights three times a week to Barcelona begin on Saturday. The new routes increase the number of destinations the airline offers from Belfast International Airport to 23.
easyJet expects to carry 140,000 people on the four new routes over the coming year - increasing its passenger numbers to close on 3.3 million a year. In July it flew its 20 millionth passenger from Belfast. The expansion comes weeks before Aer Lingus opens its Belfast hub with nine routes and at the same time as Ryanair launches four new routes from Belfast City Airport. |
