EasyJet opens new bases at Nice and Toulouse

The UK-bsed low cost operator announces new services to France from 2012

EasyJet, UK-based low cost airline and the second largest airline in France, announces another step in its expansion in France with the opening of two new permanent bases in Nice and Toulouse to be operational by summer season 2012.
Photo: easyJet will operate Airbus A-319 aircraft from Nice and Toulouse

easyJet, a long-term player in France, demonstrates with this investment its intention to grow in the French regions and in the country as a whole.

The bases in Nice and Toulouse will open during the 2012 summer season with two Airbus 319 aircraft in each base and will bring to five the number of easyJet bases in France (in addition to Orly, Charles de Gaulle and Lyon) with a total fleet of 24 aircraft.

Already the second largest airline by market share in France, and the second biggest at both Nice and Toulouse, easyJet flew 12m passengers to and from France in 2011.

With the capacity increase in Nice, the largest airport outside of Paris, easyJet will add to its existing portfolio of 16 routes with five new destinations including Toulouse, Nantes and Bordeaux.

For our home owners, easyJet will offer Nice-based consumers a wide choice of 21 destinations with friendly service and low-fares and up to 215 flights per week.

For Pure France clients, homes in Provence and Cote d'Azur will be even closer.

In Toulouse, where easyJet has significantly grown its operations in a very short time, the airline will offer on the top of its current portfolio of 11 routes, five additional city routes including Basel and Brussels.

Toulouse-based passengers will then have 16 routes and up to 140 flights per week. Pure France homes in Languedoc Roussillon, Dordogne and south-west France will be even more accessible.

The new routes from Nice and Toulouse bases will be on sale from beginning of November 2011 on easyjet.com.

Related links :

• www.easyjet.com