EasyJet reveals nine new flights launching next year including from major UK airport
EASYJET is launching nine new flights next year – including one from a major UK airport.
The budget airline will add a string of new routes departing from France next May.
They include a direct flight from Bordeaux in south west France to Birmingham.
Passengers will also be able to fly from Bordeaux to Corfu in Greece, Faro in Portugal, Dubrovnik in Croatia and Budapest in Hungary.
EasyJet is also launching flights from Nice in south east France to Lamezia Terme in Italy and Santorini in Greece.
And there will be new flights from Paris-Orly to Milan-Malpensa and from Figari in Corsica to Milan-Linate.
It comes after EasyJet announced it is adding a whopping 27 new routes.
The airline will now offer more than 300 different flights from 20 airports across France.
It serves the airports of Paris Orly, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Lyon, Nice, Nantes and Bordeaux.
EasyJet’s main rival Ryanair stopped offering any flights to Bordeaux in November.
But EasyJet now offers 38 different routes to and from Bordeaux-Mérignac.
Bordeaux is France’s sixth-biggest city and gives its name to the world-famous wine region.
One of the city’s top sights is the La Cité du Vin, a museum which resembles a wine decanter.
You can learn all about the history and science of wine-making at the museum – before sampling the red stuff at nearby bistros.
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