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Five vacation destinations are being added to easyJet’s network from Birmingham Airport (BHX) this summer as the LCC banks on a rebound in leisure demand.

EasyJet’s network additions come a week after the UK airport secured AnadoluJet as a new airline partner.

EasyJet CEO Johan Lundgren, who assumed his new role as Airlines for Europe (A4E) chairman on March 25, anticipates a challenging year ahead as Europe’s airlines attempt to revive their air links in the wake of COVID-19.

The three airlines are adding capacity and routes to the Sardinian airport this summer.

Greece is a major focus for Wizz Air’s new routes, while easyJet is adding domestic services in France and the UK.

Two routes are being launched from the city, located on southern France’s Mediterranean coast.

The carrier returned to MME in February after an absence of almost three years.

EasyJet said it would raise €1.2 billion ($1.5 billion) from a bond issue, in a sign of optimism about the prospects for a recovery of the air transport sector over the coming months.

Johan Lundgren also refuted claims that extending the airport slot waiver in Europe for the duration of the summer season is anti-competitive.

Ground handling giant Swissport has appointed industry veteran Warwick Brady as its new president and CEO.

British LCC easyJet expects to fly no more than 10% of its 2019 fiscal second quarter capacity in the first three months of 2021.

The LCC says passengers will return once COVID-19 restrictions are lifted.

British LCC easyJet said it had signed a new $1.87 billion five-year term loan facility as it takes more steps to bolster its finances as it looks to ride out the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.

UK LCC easyJet is rolling out a reduced schedule with the start of the latest English lockdown, while Aer Lingus has extended its flight suspension to England, Scotland and Wales until Jan. 8.

The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has denied claims by ULCC Ryanair that a sudden change in policy has forced the airline to stop operating on 12 UK domestic and international routes.

EasyJet says it has agreed with Airbus to defer aircraft deliveries from its 2022-24 financial years.

Impending end of the UK's transition period with the EU post-Brexit means rule changes for airlines.

Passengers want to travel but are wary of booking flights without knowing what happens if a COVID-19 lockdown is implemented at their destination, easyJet Holidays CEO says.

UK ULCC easyJet plans to start limiting use of overhead storage lockers onboard its aircraft to passengers buying more expensive seats.

After easyJet said it expects to fly no more than 20% of pre-pandemic capacity in the three months through December, Routes looks at the LCC's most used departure airports and aircraft this week.

UK LCC easyJet has raised further liquidity by selling over 300 London Stansted (STN) slots to Irish rival Ryanair and refinancing another 10 Airbus A320s, after posting its first ever full-year loss—totaling over £1 billion ($1.3 billion).

UK LCC easyJet has raised a further $169.5 million liquidity from the sale-and-leaseback of 11 Airbus A320s and cut back its winter flying to just 20% of planned capacity.

German rail operator Deutsche Bahn has become the first rail partner in easyJet’s connecting services network Worldwide, which allows the LCC’s passengers to connect to flights across its network as well as those of partner airlines.

From Nov. 5 UK residents are banned from non-essential international travel.

After years of delay, BER welcomed its first scheduled flights on Oct. 31.