easyJet announces two new routes from London Southend to Lyon and Sharm el-Sheikh | News
easyJet has announced two new routes between London Southend Airport and Lyon and Sharm el-Sheikh, further strengthening its network and offering customers in Essex and the wider South East even greater choice for winter travel.
Flights go on sale today and flights to Lyon will start on December 3, 2026, twice a week on Thursdays and Sundays. Flights to Sharm el-Sheikh start on January 4, 2027 and operate twice a week, on Mondays and Fridays.
The new routes offer customers a range of travel options, from winter sports and city trips in the French Alps via Lyon to winter sun holidays on Egypt’s Red Sea coast in Sharm el-Sheikh.
Seats can now be booked on easyJet.com and via the easyJet mobile app, with fares starting from £20.99*.
easyJet vacations also offers package holidays to both destinations, including flights and hotel, giving customers great value for money and added convenience. All packages benefit from ultimate flexibility, giving customers the freedom to change or cancel a booking.
easyJet and easyJet vacations have introduced a Book with Confidence Promise to reassure customers about their travel plans. The pledge guarantees that flight and package prices will not increase once booked, and confirms that easyJet plans to operate a full flight schedule across its network as it prepares to fly more than 50 million passengers this summer.
Kevin Doyle, easyJet’s UK Country Manager, said:
“We are very pleased to be able to offer these new routes from London Southend to Lyon and Sharm el-Sheikh for sale for flights and holidays, giving customers even more choice when traveling from the region. Whether it’s hitting the slopes or enjoying the winter sun, these destinations provide great options for our customers and ease of travel. We look forward to welcoming even more customers on board for their winter holidays.”
Nigel Mayes, Business Development Director at London Southend Airport, said:
“We welcome these further additions to the easyJet network, bringing the number of destinations in London Southend to a milestone of 30 all year round. Our customers continually tell us they want more choice in London Southend, so Lyon is a great addition as it not only strengthens our ski offering to resorts such as Alpe d’Huez, Les Deux Alpes and Les Trois Vallées, but it also adds a new European winter city break option to the existing routes to Amsterdam, Barcelona, Belfast, Berlin, Budapest, Edinburgh and Paris. For those customers who want to enjoy the winter sun and all that Sharm El Sheikh has to offer, they should walk ‘like an Egyptian’ to their local travel agent and have their holiday booked from London Southend – the convenient, fast and friendly airport.”
easyJet offers 29 routes from London Southend to popular beach and city destinations including Tenerife, Berlin, Jersey, Barcelona, Antalya and Palma, flying with three based aircraft and employing 140 pilots, crew and engineers.
With a catchment area the size of Switzerland and approximately eight million people living within an hour of the airport, the London Southend base offers easyJet further growth opportunities in the UK leisure and package holiday market.
