easyJet and easyJet holidays have today launched their summer sale – the Big Orange Sale – for travellers looking to explore more of Europe and beyond with discounted flights from London Southend available across this summer and next winter.
Over 750K seats to and from the UK are now available to book with up to 20% off, including over this summer, Christmas, Easter and February half-term.
Last month easyJet opened its 10th UK base at London Southend Airport, creating 140 direct jobs for pilots and crew in the UK and supporting 1200 indirect jobs*
easyJet is operating its biggest ever summer and biggest ever UK flying programme this year, with seven additional Airbus A320 family aircraft joining its UK-based fleet. This means there will be more than 33 million seats operating to and from the UK this summer, half a million more than last year with 44 new routes and three brand new destinations taking off from the UK this summer season.
Discounted sale fares are available on thousands of easyJet flights to and from the UK between 12th May and 22nd March 2026, to 160 destinations on the airline’s unrivalled short-haul network spanning Europe and beyond.
This includes flights to brand new destinations launching for the first-time this summer, including Cape Verde – easyJet’s and easyJet holidays first destination in sub-Saharan Africa from Manchester – and Tbilisi in Georgia, from London Luton. Deals are also available on flights to new winter destination Tromso in Norway, as well as to Strasbourg from London Gatwick which is operating year-round.
Holidaymakers seeking a break in the sun can enjoy super deals and package holidays on longer leisure routes to Djerba and Enfidha in Tunisia; Luxor, Hurghada and Sharm el Sheikh in Egypt; Agadir and Marrakech in Morocco; the Turkish beach towns of Antalya and Dalaman and the Canary Islands in Spain, in addition to ever popular coastal destinations in Spain, France, Portugal, Italy and Greece.
While those wanting to get out there and hit the slopes this winter can find great-value seats on flights of Europe’s top skiing destinations, including Grenoble, Geneva, and Innsbruck.
Tour operator easyJet holidays is also offering brilliant package holidays with savings of up to £200 off all package holidays currently on sale, by simply using the code ORANGE when they book before 11pm on 6 May 2025. Holidaymakers can also save £100 off when they spend a minimum of £800.
A huge selection of beach holidays and city breaks are on sale across Europe and North Africa with packages available to book until the end of October 2026 with free kids places widely available to plan ahead for this summer and beyond.
All easyJet holidays include flights and hotel with 23kg luggage per person and transfers on beach holidays, all covered by its Ultimate Flexibility, offering freedom to change a booking, a refund guarantee, and best price guarantee.
Ali Gayward, easyJet’s UK Country Manager, said:
“By launching our Big Orange Sale today, customers from across the region t can take advantage of our great value fares and package holidays to make plans for a well-deserved break to look forward to in 2025 and 2026 as we operate our biggest ever summer and biggest ever UK flying programme.
“With over 40 new routes from the UK available for next year, customers can choose from flights and package holidays to up to 160 destinations across Europe and beyond, whether that’s to return to their top holiday hotspot, or discover somewhere new.
“We look forward to welcoming millions of customers onboard throughout the year and we remain focused on providing them with low-cost travel, flying them where they want to go, and always aiming to make the travel experience easy.”
Great value fares are now available across thousands of flights, including:
London Southend to Faro from £14.99, Pisa from £14.49 and Tenerife from £17.49*
While savings can also be made on easyJet holidays packages, including:
easyJet holidays offers four nights at the 3* Explorers Hotel Marne La Vallee in Paris on a Bed & Breakfast basis for £578 per person* including flights from London Southend on 7 July 2025
easyJet holidays offers seven nights at the 3* Mirador Maspalomas by Dunas in Gran Canaria on an All Inclusive basis for £492 per person* including 23kg of luggage per person, transfers and flights from Southend airport on 13 May 2025
Today, the airline operates up to 328 flights a week, offering 27 routes to 17 countries across Europe and North Africa and has flown over 53 million customers since operations began.
easyJet already served routes from London Southend to seven popular beach and city destinations including Alicante, Malaga, Palma, Faro, Amsterdam, Geneva and Paris. Now, by basing three aircraft, 140 pilots and crew as well as engineers at the airport, easyJet has been able to expand its network having launched 13 new routes over the past 12 months meaning a total of 20 routes are now available from London Southend.
The airline has already begun expanding its winter offering, with new services to Barcelona, Lanzarote and Salzburg and, in response to popular demand, has extended nine summer routes to also operate over the winter season.
