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EasyJet's band of merry men will be marching on Robin Hood Airport in Doncaster next spring following a major shake-up of the airline's route network.

The outlook for the gateway had been grim after owner Peel Holdings moved to sell off assets and Ryanair pulled its popular Dublin connection from the base.

But airport bosses confirmed a reversal of fortunes yesterday...

Luton-based no-frills airline easyJet will now allow customers to check in online for free, even if they are carrying luggage destined for the cargo hold.

Passengers who are travelling with checked baggage were previously unable to print their own boarding passes, having to check in manually at the airport.

EasyJet has unveiled three new routes from Liverpool, Manchester and Stansted airports in anticipation of the addition of six Airbus 319 jets to its fleet.

Liverpool will benefit from a new service to Malta next summer, while Manchester is being connected to Helsinki and Stansted will gain new Sardinia flights.

The low-cost carrier will launch its new services from Manchester...

easyJet has withdrawn all copies of the latest edition of easyJet Traveller, its in-flight magazine, because they include a fashion feature that was photographed without permission at the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin.

The photographs were taken in the Field of Stelae, a site with 2,711 concrete slabs, at the memorial, which commemorates the six million victims of the Nazi genocide,...

A brawl between rival football fans forced an easyJet plane to make an emergency landing in Germany on Friday (November 6).

The flight, from Manchester to Munich, was diverted to Frankfurt Airport amid fears that a fight between the two English men was getting out of hand.

They were members of a group of 12 fans travelling to see Bayern Munich and Schalke 04 play...

EasyJet has unveiled its new flights for winter including popular sunny destinations such as Marrakech, Tel Aviv, Porto and Lanzarote.

The first flight will take off from Manchester to Marrakech this Thursday October 29 from only £34.99 one-way including taxes.

The sale of Gatwick Airport may have been billed as good news for passengers, but one no-frills airline has already begun voicing concerns about the deal.

Within hours of the agreement being reached, easyJet, Gatwick's largest carrier, went public with a warning over excessively high charges at the airport.

The airline cautioned new owner GIP that a previously approved 50...

Passengers on easyJet's new service from London Luton to Tel Aviv, on Israel's Mediterranean coast, will be able to have a Kosher snack on board the flights.

The low-cost airline has announced that Hermolis, a Jewish company based in north-west London, will provide the fare, which will include an egg mayonnaise with tomato and cress bloomer, smoked salmon and cream-cheese...

EasyJet has confirmed that from next February it will operate a new daily service linking London Gatwick Airport with the city of Düsseldorf.

The new German connection will be launched on February 2, 2010, giving UK passengers an affordable way of visiting the popular business destination.

EasyJet has launched a new ski site (ski.easyjet.com) for the winter season and is offering flights to the slopes from £23.99 one-way including taxes.

Here's a sample of the deals easyJet is offering, all from £23.99 one-way with taxes and charges:

Basel, Switzerland (fly from London Gatwick) Geneva (departure airports include London Gatwick, Luton and Stansted,...

EasyJet has hit back at low-cost rival Ryanair after the Irish carrier accused it of withholding information about its punctuality performance.

Ryanair issued a combative press release last week lambasting its rival for "efusing to publish its weekly on-time performance for over four months".

But easyJet has now responded to the allegation, defending its 95 per cent on-time...

People planning to fly out of East Midlands Airport are being urged to exercise caution when booking flights with soon-to-be departed carrier easyJet.

The no-frills airline this month announced that it would be withdrawing from the regional base, promising only that services up to the New Year would go ahead.

But owing to legal complications it has emerged that...

EasyJet has announced plans to reduce services at Luton Airport by 20 per cent in addition to completely closing its base at East Midlands Airport.

The no-frills airline is blaming its Luton cutbacks on a continuing dispute with Abertis, the Spanish operator of the gateway, over recent increases to airport fees.

It is also said to be looking at reducing services at...

Low-cost carrier easyJet has found itself in hot water after one of its check-in staff turned away a female passenger because she was "too fat".

Anna Delluci was due to board a flight from Bari to Rome when an airline employee asked her to step on the baggage scales in full view of other passengers.

The 55-year-old, who weighs 15.5 stone, declined and was then...

EasyJet could move its operations from Luton Airport to another airport in the London area, according to a report in today's Daily Mail.

The newspaper reports that the airline and the airport are still trying to hammer out a deal on airport charges. If the talks fail, the airline could follow Ryanair and switch its aircraft to another airport rather than pay higher charges (see last...

Following in Air Canada's wake (see related story: Air Canada online check-in now available at London Heathrow), easyJet is to start trialling check-in via handheld devices.

The trial may start at a UK airport in October, according to a report in The Times.

The newspaper also reports that easyJet will give a presentation on its plans at a conference in Las Vegas next month....

Three 24-hour strikes by easyJet staff in Spain will cause severe disruption for passengers heading to Palma, Tenerife, Malaga and Alicante this month.

Ground workers will stage the walkouts on August 15, 22 and 29, following the breakdown of 18-month-old negotiations over working conditions.

Sale ends at midnight on Wednesday, July 15: easyJet, the low-cost pioneer, is offering a whacking great discount of 25 per cent off every seat on every route every day between September 1 and October 22.

To secure the cheap flights, book as usual on the easyJet website (www.easyJet.com). Flights from London Luton to Faro on September 24, returning on October 1 are currently selling...

Low-cost carrier easyJet has announced that it will start running a new direct service between London Luton Airport and Israel's second city, Tel Aviv.

The airline will become the first no-frills carier to operate flights between the British capital and Tel Aviv – a route dominated by full-fare outfits such as bmi.

Passengers who were left stranded at Corfu Airport after their easyJet plane suffered a technical fault are launching a lawsuit with the help of Facebook.

The disgruntled holidaymakers set up a group on the social networking site and have been coordinating efforts to secure compensation from the low-cost carrier.

More than 100 of them were stuck in Corfu on June...

While more and more Britons will be choosing to stay on the Costa del Backyard this summer, easyJet has joined forces with John Kettley, the weatherman, to produce a chart so travellers seeking cheap flights can rest assured that they won't be missing the best of the sunshine at home.

According to Kettley, the weekends to pack your bags and head to the airport will be July 11-12, July...

easyJet is to launch new services to the Canary Islands from Liverpool John Lennon Airport this winter.

Flights to Fuerteventura and Lanzarote will take off in November, just in time for the winter-sun season.

Fuerteventura flights will operate on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday and  flights to Lanzarote will run on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday.  One-way fares, including...

Three new routes operated by easyJet have been launched following the low-cost carrier's delivery of a ninth plane to Liverpool John Lennon Airport.

Services to Naples, Dubrovnik and Bordeaux all took to the skies this week after the airline added an additional Airbus 320 to its fleet at the regional airport.

Lovebirds flying with easyJet will not get the chance to marry in the air after all. The airline's application to Luton Borough Council for pilots to be authorised to conduct civil partnership and marriage ceremonies was turned down.

As reported by Cheapflights on May 6, the low-cost carrier believed that the recession has created a market for wedding ceremonies en route to...

EasyJet has attracted criticism after one of its check-in attendants barred a six-year-old girl from bringing her teddy bear on board a flight.

A spokesperson for the airline said the blunder, in which the check-in clerk deemed the bear to be excess baggage, was down to a lack of common sense.

Six-year-old Alba Apreciado-Peris had been due to fly from Glasgow...

EasyJet will increase the frequency of flights from London Gatwick Airport this winter as part of its newly unveiled schedule for the festive season.

Additional European services will be operated under the new timetable, which is on sale now and features one-way fares from just £22.99, including taxes.

Lovebirds flying with easyJet could soon be saying "I do" in the skies if the no-frills airline presses ahead with its latest revenue-raising scheme.

Hot on the heels of Ryanair's consideration of a 'fat tax', easyJet now says it is investigating the prospect of conducting marriages on-board its flights.

The low-cost carrier believes that the...

Low-cost carrier easyJet has announced a deal with Starbucks that will see it serving the coffee retailer’s drinks onboard flights from several of its UK bases.

As of May 1, the airline will offer Starbucks VIA Ready Brew and selected other drinks on services from London Gatwick, London Stansted and Newcastle airports.

easyJet is to fly three new routes from London Luton Airport this summer. The low-cost pioneer will start flying to Milan and Mahon on July 6 and to Montpellier on July 7.

The new routes will take the airline's tally of destinations served from Luton Airport to 34.

A new easyJet service from London Gatwick to Vienna is set to take off today (April 2 2009).

The new route was launched due to an increasing demand for flights to Austria’s capital city.

EasyJet has announced that it will increase the number of services it operates from Glasgow Airport to Palma de Majorca for the spring months.

The budget airline will operate two additional flights on Tuesdays and Thursdays from May 5 until June 23, 2009 to the popular Spanish holiday destination.

A proposed expansion of services from Manchester Airport to four European destinations has been brought forward to May by easyJet.

The new services to Bastia, Corfu, Athens and Dalaman, along with increased flights to Alicante, Malaga, Malta, Paphos and Tenerife, will now commence on May 21, 2009, which is three months in advance of the original August start date.

Easyjet has announced the launch of a service to the popular beach town of Dalaman in Turkey from Manchester Airport.

The budget airline will operate a thrice-weekly schedule to the destination from August 6, 2009, with fares starting from £36.99 one-way, including all taxes and surcharges.

Seats are already on sale and this new route brings easyJet's total to 414,...

easyJet has launched a new travel money service via its website. The online foreign exchange is being provided by First Rate Exchange Services (First Rate) and allows customers to order money with next day home delivery.

Travel Money Online offers consumers a choice of 70 different currencies. Orders placed before 3pm will be delivered the next business day to any UK address....

EasyJet has unveiled four new European services departing from London Gatwick Airport.

The budget airline has increased the variety of routes it serves from the UK's second busiest airport with the introduction of schedules to Croatia, Cyprus, Italy and Greece.

Operating from March 31, 2009, flights between Gatwick and Larnaca will run three times a week from just...

EasyJet has disclosed that it will operate a new schedule from East Midlands Airport to Nice from next year.

The budget airline will begin the service from April 2, 2009 and will conduct three flights a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

EasyJet has announced that it will be delaying the purchase of four Airbus planes, in response to uncertain economic times in the aviation industry.

The low-cost carrier, which operates 166 aircraft from 20 bases across Europe, revealed that it has delayed the planned 2010 acquisition of four Airbus A320 family jets, which could have an effect on the delivery of a further 109 planes...

EasyJet has denied that it is putting together a joint proposal with Virgin to purchase London Gatwick Airport.

The low-cost carrier has been forced into a denial after the Times reported that it was in talks with Richard Branson's airline to form a united bid for the UK's second busiest airport.

EasyJet has released its 2009 summer schedule for flights leaving Belfast International Airport.

The low-cost carrier will be operating services from the Northern Ireland-based airport to a number of destinations, including the holiday hotspots of Ibiza, Nice and Palma.

Flights to a number of cosmopolitan cities, like Amsterdam, Paris and Barcelona, will also be a central...

EasyJet is launching a new route from London Gatwick to Copenhagen in a bid to fill the void created by the collapse of Sterling.dk.

The low-cost carrier already operates a thrice-daily service from Stansted to the Danish capital, but following this week's failure of Sterling.dk it is now boosting capacity out of Gatwick.

EasyJet and Ryanair have unveiled special fares for travellers affected by the collapse of Sterling.dk (see related Cheapflights story).

The low-cost carriers are offering reduced airfares exclusively to people who were left stranded by the collapse of the Nordic airline, which filed for bankruptcy yesterday (October 29).

EasyJet has added three flights to Spain and Turkey in a bid to fill the void created by the collapse of XL Airways.

The low-cost carrier is running extra services from Gatwick airport to Tenerife, Gran Canaria and Dalaman in Turkey - all on top if its standard links to those destinations.

On October 2, a flight to Arrecife in Tenerife will depart from Gatwick at 7.15am,...

EasyJet is predicting that airlines will see a fall in demand of between two and four per cent this winter.

The low-cost carrier said it expects its annual pre-tax profit to fall by ten per cent to £110 million as a consequence of the gloomy outlook.

Strong growth in total revenue per seat that had been witnessed over the summer will reportedly tail off due...

EasyJet has reduced the frequency of its connections between Aberdeen and London Luton airports.

From November 4, the low-cost carrier will no longer be operating morning flights between the two cities, axing its 8.55am service from Aberdeen and its 7am departure from Luton.

EasyJet's daily evening services - 6pm from Luton and 7.55pm from Aberdeen - will remain unaffected...