SCOTLAND’S largest airline has celebrated carrying over 60 million passengers to and from Edinburgh Airport.
easyJet, which serves clients in Edinburgh and the encircling area with connections to 45 airports throughout the UK, Europe and the Center East, reached the spectacular milestone on Friday.
To mark the event the airline shocked the Wilson household, who flew from Edinburgh to Madrid on Friday, with free easyJet return flights.
The celebration comes after new winter routes had been introduced from Edinburgh to cities in Finland and Egypt.
Flights from Edinburgh to Hurghada, Egypt will launch on 6 November and are set to function twice every week on Mondays and Fridays.
Different new flights to Rovaniemi, Finland will launch on 3 December and are set to function twice every week on Wednesdays and Sundays.
This summer time the airline additionally welcomed an extra plane to its base at Edinburgh Airport, to serve demand from the Scottish capital.
Ali Gayward, easyJet’s UK Nation Supervisor stated: “I’m delighted to be celebrating flying our 60 millionth passenger at Edinburgh at present.
“This can be a implausible milestone for us to achieve and clearly exhibits our continued success and dedication to Scotland because the launch of our first flight 27 years in the past between Edinburgh and London Luton.
“Since then Edinburgh has been a key marketplace for easyJet and our funding in additional new routes and extra plane permits us to serve passengers with extra alternative, all at nice worth fares and a heat welcome onboard.
“Thanks to our implausible clients for selecting to fly with us from Edinburgh
Airport. We stay excited concerning the future at Edinburgh.”
Kate Sherry, Chief Industrial Officer at Edinburgh Airport stated: “This milestone illustrates the implausible providing easyJet has supplied and continues to offer to passengers at Edinburgh Airport, demonstrating the energy of our relationship.
“Its dedication to Edinburgh has led to the arrival of many new routes and locations to Scotland, permitting passengers extra alternative and new locations to visit-
“Whether or not it’s the flights it launched to Santorini in the summertime, or the brand new route to go to Santa Claus in Rovaniemi this winter.
“We sit up for working with easyJet to ship much more new routes and locations within the years to return, offering wonderful choices for the subsequent 60m passengers and past.”
The airline is working its largest-ever flying programme from Scotland this summer time and is about to function 6.3m seats to and from Scotland, round 1,000,000 greater than summer time 2019.
