Birmingham: EasyJet Flights, New Routes & Base Updates

[Ray Finkle]

easyjet has removed Naples from its sale

Bookable on the easyjet holidays website, weekly on a Saturday from April 5th 2025.

Obviously a very long way off and anything could happen between now and then.

 

[BHX492]

EasyJet is now really ramping up their preparations for the base, with PR starting soon. Also, the first set of cabin crew for Birmingham graduated today, so EasyJet crew will be seen around the airport starting next week.

 

[Brum X]

EasyJet is now really ramping up their preparations for the base, with PR starting soon. Also, the first set of cabin crew for Birmingham graduated today, so EasyJet crew will be seen around the airport starting next week.

Fantastic news

Lets hope they have a great future at BHX

Easyjet will be my preferred airline going forward, if possible ;-)

 

[BHX492]

I look forward to having you onboard🙂.

 

[IanFarquharson]

Lers hope they quickly grow from 3 based aircraft into a much bigger base, the demand is there !

 

[BHX492]

Lers hope they quickly grow from 3 based aircraft into a much bigger base, the demand is there !

Looking at the plans(which are open to all staff), there are some interesting routes and some returning routes previously operated, including one operated by Monarch and Eastern Airways.

 

[Matt995]

Looking at the plans(which are open to all staff), there are some interesting routes and some returning routes previously operated, including one operated by Monarch and Eastern Airways.

will be nice to see Gibraltar back! Next year then? 😀

 

[nwoody2001]

Looking at the plans(which are open to all staff), there are some interesting routes and some returning routes previously operated, including one operated by Monarch and Eastern Airways.

oh wow... thats quite brave of them. Look forward to seeing them grow!

 

[Jon Dempsey]

Fantastic news

Lets hope they have a great future at BHX

Easyjet will be my preferred airline going forward, if possible ;-)

To be fair BrumX, it has been mine since I went to Lisbon last February. Comfortable and the crew are very helpful.

Flight times to Malaga are not as good as Ryanair so they lost the sale on that point alone - Jet2 were way out of the ballpark on price.

 

[BHX492]

The first EasyJet based A/C will be G-UZHB (A320NEO) by the looks of it as it’s down to operate the first flight to BCN.

 

[Matt995]

The first EasyJet based A/C will be G-UZHB (A320NEO) by the looks of it as it’s down to operate the first flight to BCN.

do we know if all the 3 based A320's will all be neos?

 

[BHX492]

do we know if all the 3 based A320's will all be neos?

Looks a mix as I’m due to operate on G-EZOU which is an non neo aircraft

*edited added picture with what aircraft are due to operate on the first wave of flights on the 31st as an example as to what expect
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[Brum X]

The first EasyJet based A/C will be G-UZHB (A320NEO) by the looks of it as it’s down to operate the first flight to BCN.

🙂

 

[BHX492]

🙂

Loads are good as well specially LCA and AGP

 

[Brum X]

Loads are good as well specially LCA and AGP

Please put in a request to Easyjet HQ that we need more flights to Madrid and Brum X's favourite beach destination, Gran Canaria ?

I'm done with Jess Flynn 🤣🤣🤣🤣

;-)

Glad the flights are doing well

 

[Ray Finkle]

Please put in a request to Easyjet HQ that we need more flights to Madrid and Brum X's favourite beach destination, Gran Canaria ?

I wouldn't be surprised to see LPA and ACE arrive for winter. They could both comfortably carry on into S25 on another based aircraft 🙂

 

[Ray Finkle]

Five million pax in 17 years.

Hopefully we'll hit 10 million in a much shorter time frame 🙂


easyJet celebrates flying five million passengers to and from Birmingham Airport ahead of new base opening

• easyJet is today celebrating flying over five million passengers to and from Birmingham with a flight giveaway for a pair of lucky travellers
• The milestone comes ahead of the airline opening its new UK base at Birmingham Airport next month with 16 new routes taking off
• The airline started operations at Birmingham airport 17 years ago, flying its first customers from Birmingham to Geneva in 2007

The UK’s largest airline easyJet is this week celebrating carrying over five million passengers to and from Birmingham airport.

To mark the occasion, easyJet surprised two lucky travellers at Birmingham airport Rachel and Thomas Caulton from Cheltenham who were flying to Geneva, with a pair of return flights to anywhere on easyJet’s network.

The airline launched operations at Birmingham airport in 2007, flying its first customers from Birmingham also to Geneva. 17 years later, the launch of a new three-aircraft base is enabling the airline to further expand its Birmingham network with 16 new routes taking off with the base opening on 18 March 2024 including to Antalya, Barcelona and Sharm el Sheikh meaning easyJet will connect customers in the Midlands via 29 routes across the UK, Europe and North Africa.

The airline’s first base opening in the UK in over a decade will create around 100 direct jobs for pilots and crew and over 1,200 more indirect jobs. easyJet is the largest airline in the UK and currently employs around ten thousand people across England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

The new base opening will also see easyJet holidays, the UK’s fastest growing tour operator, offer thousands more package holidays and city breaks from Birmingham to over 100 European destinations with a choice of up to 5,000 hotels.

All easyJet holidays include flights, hotel, 23kg luggage per person, and transfers on beach holidays secured with a deposit of just £60 per person. All breaks are covered by Ultimate Flexibility, which includes a Best Price Guarantee meaning if customers find holidays cheaper elsewhere, a discount of the price difference will be applied to their booking.

Ali Gayward, easyJet's UK Country Manager, said:

“We are delighted to celebrate carrying over five million passengers from Birmingham as we prepare to open our new base next month and start flying customers to even more destinations in the UK, Europe and North Africa. We remain focused on offering great value fares, convenient connections and more choice for our customers in the Midlands, and we can’t wait to welcome them onboard.”

Tom Screen, Aviation Director of Birmingham Airport said:

"With just 25 days to go until easyJet launch based operations at Birmingham Airport, it was a pleasure to present the five millionth easyJet passenger with their prize. Reaching this milestone is a testament to the ever-strengthening relationship between Birmingham Airport and easyJet."

https://www.birminghamairport.co.uk/media-information/news/2024/02/easyjet-celebrates-flying-five-million-passengers-to-and-from-bhx/

 

[rollo]

One week to go until the opening of the EasyJet base which in my view is the most positive thing for BHX since Jet2 started in particular for passenger volumes and hopefully the little acorn planted back in 2007 with flights to Geneva will now really flourish.

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

When do the aircraft arrive?

 

[IanFarquharson]

First one this weekend