EASYJET ANNOUNCES FOUR NEW ROUTES FROM FUNCHAL AND PORTO SANTO

Tobi Hughes·
Madeira News

EasyJet today put flights for sale on the four new routes connecting Funchal to Milan-Malpensa, Paris Charles de Gaulle and Lyon and Porto Santo to London Gatwick, connections which will be guaranteed twice a week.

According to a note sent to the newsroom, all flights are now available for booking, with connections to Milan and Paris starting on December 4th, Lyon on December 3rd and flights between Porto Santo and London starting on November 2nd. .

According to the company, the new routes represent a reinforcement of easyJet’s position as the second airline to operate in Funchal, with now nine routes (seven international and five domestic) and 460,000 seats available, which represents a 46% increase in regarding seating capacity in winter 2021.

Since the beginning of the operation in 2007, more than six million passengers have been transported with the airline to and from Funchal airport.

The new connection between Porto Santo and London Gatwick is also a big step in easyJet’s expansion strategy, as this is the first international route from this airport. In May of this year, the airline started to fly direct to Porto Santo, establishing connections with Humberto Delgado airport (Lisbon) and Francisco Sá Carneiro airport (Porto).

José Lopes, easyJet’s general manager for Portugal, was pleased with the growth registered in Funchal and with the inauguration of the company’s first international connection from Porto Santo.

“easyJet is attentive to the needs and wants to offer more and better travel opportunities to its customers. With these new commitments, easyJet reinforces its commitment at a national level, namely with the Madeira archipelago, contributing to a significant growth of tourism in the region and, consequently, to the economic recovery of the country”, he said.

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13 Responses

  1. Winter flights to Porto Santo. Where are the passengers staying? Most places and hotels are closed.

    1. I’m thinking about this as well, even if a hotel is open, if the island is going to be virtually shut down, then its going to be totally boring. The island needs to decide if it becomes an all year destination or not.

      1. What about people who deliberately are looking for “boring” islands for their holiday?

  3. I would like to know if there is flights from Johannesburg to Funchal direct flight ✈️ as it’s very difficult for older people to travel to these big airports without much help. We traveled to Madeira going throw Barcelona & got totally lost & almost lost our flight as no one was able to assist us , or rather was not interested to assist us .

  4. Another nail in the coffin. I was expecring BA to announce 4 new routes from Madeira, not Easyjet or Ryanair.

    1. As an aside, BA’s Funchal flights from Gatwick, which have been departing from Heathrow due to the pandemic will not, it seems, be returning to LGW. Unlike other destinations, BA’s winter and summer timetable sees the service remaining at LHR with the flights also now given a Heathrow flight number: BA2780 / BA2874 becomes BA520

  5. Surprising – as this year the airport has often had to close due to unfortunate adverse weather conditions.
    Flights have been diverted, delayed or cancelled due to winds – and many passengers have had to sleep at Funchal airport as there are not enough hotels to accommodate them after delayed flights – and some of the airlines are not at the front of the queue to look after them.
    I heard yesterday about a friend and his 83-year-old mother who were last week forced to sleep on the floor at Funchal airport as no accommodation was available after a delayed flight! Shameful.
    Many others wait for days for a rescheduled flight – when it should be same or next day!
    Perhaps instead of extending routes – put on more planes at busy times and these airlines should look after their passengers better – perhaps making good relations with the hotels to help accommodate their passengers when there are problems – instead of Customer Services being unavailable.

    Also, properly looking after delayed passengers in the UK – losing days of their holidays.

    I love coming to Madeira, usually for 3 weeks twice a year as I have timeshares at Pestana hotels.
    Unfortunately I have chosen not to come during to the Pandemic and other issues.

    I have been very concerned about all the cancellations and delays, which concerns me re my visits for next year.

    Perhaps Cristiano Ronaldo – instead of just giving his name to the airport and the Pestana CV7 hotels in Funchal and other cities, could become more involved in helping the island of his birth.
    Good luck everyone.
    Jayne

    2. There are hotel rooms availabe but you have to look for them by yourself rather than waiting for the airline to sort that out for you.

    3. It might be a good idea Jayne to do a bit of research about what Cristiano does for the Island of his birth . Try, a huge amount for children’s charities , the oncology unit at the hospital , funding specialist operations for children to name but a few.

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