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Thank you

App tells me W20 released don't expect everything to be up yet!

You mean Winter 2021

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Yes, that's what you get typing on the move!

"A Family Bundle consists of one cabin bag per person where all persons are on a single booking. The max number of passengers for the group bundle is 6."

...so come February, will the cabin bag be of the significantly smaller size, and not really suitable for the annual summer holiday? :*

Check the dimensions against one of your bags. Whilst your current bag might not be of the correct size, it will give you an idea of the dimensions and I think you will be surprised.

The current (IATA dimensions) size bag is actually pretty big.

In any event, if you can do an annual summer holiday with cabin baggage, I salute you.

We (two adults and three teenagers) have been doing our annual summer holidays with just cabin baggage for the past few years ... however, I fear the new reduced size will just be a bridge too far.

I definitely salute you. Though by my own admission, I pack the kitchen sink.

I don’t know what size you usually bring but just to put it into perspective, the new dimensions are very close to the cabin crew trolley bag.

The cabin bag will be reduced from a capacity of 44 to 30 litres ... so, basically, a reduction of one third.

I think we would really struggle to cope with that capacity for a holiday of 10/14 days.

Again, I don’t want to be appear like I’m mocking you, but I am genuinely amazed you can go away for up to 14 days with just 44 litres. Fair play to you...... hope your hotel room has a mangle. (Lol)

About time cabin luggage sizing was reviewed. Some of the rucksacks and cases brought on board are ridiculously large and should belong in the hold. Those with small cases, handbags and coats have to store on laps or under seats because of no room in overhead lockers!

easyflyer83

The trick is to hire apartments with a washing machine.

Easyjet Holidays have cancelled all holidays until the end of March. However, the airline is still selling flights to beach destination (eg Tenerife) from mid February onwards

I know that EU261 doesn't kick in until 14 days before a flight, but I'm puzzled why the airline is still selling beach flights when they have effectively publicly stated that beach holidays with Easyjet are not going to happen until end March

I would imagine most of the remaining February flights will be taken off sale shortly. Flights for first part of February were taken off sale this week.

Good to know. My in-laws are booked BER to TFS on Feb 13th and were hoping for a cancellation and refund (presuming this applies to non-UK routes as well)

Schedules now released out to 26-March-2022. I'm guessing the company really needs the cashflow

havent they been on sale since mid december (rather than "now")

I can see I had an email from them on 8th Jan promoting S21 but it noted 2022 up to March flights further down. I'm sure as well they were released early December and I had an email then but since deleted it.

Speaking of easyJet, one of their A319s came over my house a short time ago; G-EZIW. It seems to be on a day out from Lasham and back to Lasham. Currently flying around East Anglia at 36,000ft. I wonder if this is preparation for its departure for the US as it is supposedly going to United as N3303U?

Officially left the fleet in December.

KelvinD

Yes, it was up for a test flight before delivery to our friends from across the ocean.

Thanks Captain. I don't know if it eventually made it back here to Lasham but the last I saw of it (via ADSB) it was landing in Norwich.

The demo flights to United include flying an ILS then missed approach at Norwich.

I’m impressed that United even knew where Norwich was to be that specific about where the missed approach was to take place! Must have been someone based at Mildenhall or Lakenheath in a former life !

It was flying on an EZY flight number, so I'd imagine it was being flown by an easyJet pilot?

The aircraft has not yet left the easyJet fleet and was being flown by easyJet crew conducting an airtest. Aircraft departed from and arrived back into Lasham and as mentioned did not land at Norwich. The air test is part of the process of handover from one airline to another.

Thanks Captain. Those easyJet people know how to get the head working! Back in 2018, I was surprised to see an A319 at Stansted in full Allegiant livery. Oh, I thought, I wonder how that got here. Then it came past me with the easyJet reg on a white panel (is that a stick-on label?) and on the nose gear. It was G-EZIP and was in the process of becoming N320NV.
Same thing on the same day; another Allegiant aircraft appeared, N315NV. This had been G-EJAR and was departing Stansted on delivery to Puerto Rico.

New S21 routes:

Gatwick - Burgas
Luton - Sharm, Hurghada, Larnaca, Preveza & Santorini
Bristol - Santorini, Mykonos
Belfast - Corfu, Inverness
Manchester - Kos, Enfidha, Newquay
Birmingham - Amsterdam
Glasgow - Newquay
Olbia - Bergamo
Amsterdam - Palermo
Berlin - Santorini, Burgas
Geneva - Antalya

Great to see some well placed confidence coming back into the industry. With the UK vaccination programme progressing well, case numbers falling sharply and the situation improving elsewhere in Europe from a slow start I think confidence is well placed.

Great news from EZY although I’m a little surprised they haven’t gone for London to NQY with only BA to LHR serving the capital.

I would be surprised if they could. With a PSO tender process still ongoing for Newquay-London - unless they've bid for it (which I guess is quite possible) - then you can't just go throwing in Newquay-London services when the route has a PSO designation on it.

When Flybe had the PSO historically from LGW I’m sure easyJet flew seasonal from SEN and Flybe did from STN? I’m guessing like you’ve said they might have gone for the PSO which would explain it.

I've been looking at countries that might make it onto the UK green travel list within shorthaul range of the UK and seem likely to admit UK residents given suitable constraints

The obvious one is Iceland, with case rates far below that of almost anywhere else in Europe and robust policies to keep control of infection, while still being prepared to admit vaccinated UK residents with very little barriers. Yes, I know it doesn't do hot and sunny, but it's a country that will attract the over 50s, many of whom will likely have had a 2nd shot by early June

I've looked at Easyjet's frequency in peak summer this year from London - and it's about 1x daily. I'm curious as to why Easyjet is being cautious on the route - it seems like an obvious sell when people are likely be desperate to go away almost anywhere

Does anyone have info on Easyjet's frequencies to Keflavik in summer 2019, after WOW's demise ?

aax1

A tender went out for the PSO but was withdrawn. Whether that’s because it’s not seen as required in the near future or because someone is coming in on a commercial basis remains to be seen.

Indeed, even with the PSO other services have run alongside it.

davidjohnson6

i don’t think the problem is, generally, leaving the UK - it is how to get back in again without major expense and potential disruption (on a very small number of occasions where a positive test prior to entry occurs).

I have a holiday booked to a green country, a few months from now, but as long as I am required to produce a negative test prior to returning to the UK, I won’t be travelling.

Granada in Spain seems to have been dropped from the Easyjet network

It doesn't take people long to find out the coach service from Malaga is very good.

easyJet new routes announced today

Source - Travel Weekly

• Belfast International to East Midlands
• Belfast International to Leeds Bradford

• London Gatwick to Belfast City

• Bristol to Jersey
• Bristol to Aberdeen

• Manchester to Aberdeen
• Manchester to Edinburgh

• Birmingham to Jersey
• Birmingham to Newquay

• Liverpool to Bournemouth

• Inverness to Newquay

• Newcastle to Jersey

Some questionable routes in there and staycation fillers for one season only, can’t see much hope for LPL-BOH etc!