easyJet starts route to Spanish sun from Newcastle

A new service has been launched by easyJet from Newcastle International Airport, offering travellers the chance to visit beaches along the Spanish coastline.

The route to Murcia is the airline's 17th from Newcastle and will operate three times a week, on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday with return tickets starting from £46.98.

Carly Brear, easyJet’s UK commercial manager, said: "Murcia is already a popular destination from other easyJet bases in the UK and now travellers from the north east can take advantage of one of the most popular destinations on the east coast of Spain.

"Forward bookings for the route have been very strong, which further proves the demand for direct low fare flights from Newcastle to the sun."

easyJet expects to carry 41,000 passengers on this new route in the first 12 months of operation and it joins a number of other services offered by the airline between Newcastle and Spain, including Ibiza, Malaga and Menorca.

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