“Worldwide by EasyJet”

Easy jet have this week announced they are to join forces with Virgin Atlantic to offer a wider choice for long-haul travel.  ‘Worldwide by Easyjet’ is a partner organisation set up by Easy jet that allows customers to benefit from great prices by  travelling on the two airlines as part of a mutual contract. Other airlines that have recently joined the programme are  Singapore Airlines, Thomas Cook, La Compagnie, Norwegian and Westjet, plus many more.

With this shock partnership, passengers will now be able connect seamlessly through London Gatwick  between Easyjet and Virgin Atlantic flights. These agreements are not unheard of in the world of aviation and are known as a “Codeshare”.

This move will open up many routes  between the airlines offering such routes like Edinburgh to Las Vegas and Barcelona through to Orlando which have always provided problematic in the past.

Johan Lundgren, easyJet chief executive officer, said: “Given we both serve many popular destinations from Gatwick, we are confident Virgin Atlantic’s addition to Worldwide will be very popular with our customers. We have been delighted with the appetite of partner airports and airlines to expand Worldwide across our network and continue to broaden our focus to launch more airline partners and add connectivity to more of our biggest airports.Tens of millions of connecting passengers travel each year with journeys which begin or end in Europe. Because of easyJet’s reputation for great customer service and our strong positions at Europe’s leading airports, a large number of different airlines as well as airports have been asking to work with easyJet for some time and we expect to announce more partners in the coming months.”

Craig Kreeger, CEO of Virgin Atlantic, added: “Virgin Atlantic is committed to working with the best possible global partners, to offer industry-leading choice and connections for our customers. Easyjet’s unbeatable Gatwick network, combined with a shared customer centric ethos, makes them the ideal fit for us. We’re delighted that customers across the UK and Europe will be able to enjoy more choice when connecting onto our flights through Gatwick and we look forward to welcoming them on board very soon.”

I don’t think their plans to grown their “Worldwide by easyJet” program will stop, rumour is that they are already in talks with well known middle and far-eastern airlines to open (flight) doors to some more fantastic destinations……….So watch this space.

Personally I think this is a great wonderful opportunity for air passengers, as it opens up new destination options, but what are you thoughts on this?

Which routes would you like to see this programme change?

Until Next time

Marie

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