Flights took off from Birmingham to Marrakesh on 6 November and are now operating twice a week on Wednesdays and Sundays throughout winter. This was followed by a new service to Reykjavik in Iceland which launched yesterday on 12 November operates on Tuesdays and Saturdays throughout winter.

Today, easyJet flights took off to Hurghada, easyJet’s second Egyptian destination from Birmingham, and flew for the first time this afternoon to Prague, both operate on Wednesdays throughout winter with the addition of a second weekly flight on Sundays for the Prague route.

And on Friday this week, easyJet will launch its new service to historic Krakow in Poland which will operate up to seven days a week, year-round.

Great value seats are now available to book from just £14.99* on easyJet.com and via the mobile app.

The introduction of these five new routes shows the continuing strong demand from easyJet customers in the Midlands, offering even greater choice and more convenient connections to popular destinations.

Since easyJet opened its new base at Birmingham Airport in March 2024, the airline has launched 22 new routes meaning 33 routes are now available from Birmingham International to top destinations across Europe.

Thousands more package holidays are available with easyJet holidays including city breaks with all packages including flights, hotel, 23kg luggage and transfers on beach holidays, all covered by its Ultimate Flexibility, offering freedom to change a booking, a refund guarantee, and best price guarantee.

Package holiday provider easyJet holidays also has a vast range of city escapes available, with packages available right up until 31 March 2026.

All easyJet holidays packages include flights, hotel, 23kg luggage on beach breaks all covered by its Ultimate Flexibility, offering freedom to change a booking, a refund guarantee, and best price guarantee.

Ali Gayward, easyJet’s UK Country Manager, said:

“It’s fantastic to launch another five new services from Birmingham Airport, providing our customers across the Midlands with even more choice for a winter sun holiday or city break.

“Now they can choose from flights to Marrakesh, Reykjavik, Hurghada, Prague and Krakow, as well as a wide range of easyJet holidays’ resorts, and we look forward to welcoming them onboard.”

Andrew Pelham, Aviation Development Manager, Birmingham Airport said: 

“We’re delighted to be joining forces with easyJet to provide five new routes from its new Birmingham base, further strengthening our partnership.”

“Whether customers are seeking a winter sun escape or a city break, these new destinations offer something for every type of traveller.”

Great value seats are available to book from £31.99 return on easyJet.com and via the mobile app.

• Birmingham to Marrakesh from £31.99 return

• Birmingham to Reykjavik from £50.29 return

• Birmingham to Hurghada from £180.99 return

• Birmingham to Prague from £41.99 return

• Birmingham to Krakow from £48.99 return
• Book with easyJet holidays (www.easyjet.com/en/holidays tel: 0330 365 5005).

• easyJet holidays offers seven nights at the 4* Valeria Madina Club Resort in Marrakesh on an All Inclusive basis for £370 per person including 23kg of luggage per person, transfers and flights from Birmingham Airport on 29 January 2025
• easyJet holidays offers three nights at the 3* Fosshotel Reykholt in Iceland on a Room Only basis for £266 per person including flights from Birmingham Airport on 1 February 2025
• easyJet holidays offers seven nights at the 5* Serenity Alma Resort in Egypt on an All Inclusive Plus basis for £509 per person including 23kg of luggage per person, transfers and flights from Birmingham Airport on 4 December 2024
• easyJet holidays offers three nights at the 4* Chevron Design Hotel Prague in Prague on a Room Only basis for £169 per person including flights from Birmingham Airport on 12 January 2025
• easyJet holidays offers three nights at the 3* Q Hotel Krakow in Krakow on a Room Only basis for £219 per person including flights from Birmingham Airport on 31 January 2025

Transfer passengers accounted for 14% of the departing passengers in October. This correlates with Brussels Airport’s role as a transfer hub for, among others, Star Alliance airlines.

The top 10 countries in October were respectively Spain, Italy, Germany, Türkiye, Morocco, Portugal, Greece, the United States, France and Switzerland.

Flown cargo volumes: up 1%

Flown cargo volumes at Brussels Airport increased by 1% in October to 53,960 tons. Total cargo volumes also grew by 1% compared to October 2023, to a total of 64,646 tons.

The full-cargo segment saw a 2% increase, while belly cargo saw a 3% decline. There was an increase of 1% in express services, and in trucked volumes.

The primary import regions were Asia, Africa and North America. Asia also ranked first in terms of exports, followed by North America and Africa.

Aircraft movements: 2% increase compared to 2023

The number of aircraft movements in October 2024 increased by 2% compared to the previous year. The number of passenger flights saw a 1% increase. The number of cargo flights increased by 12% compared to October 2023.

The average number of passengers per flight was 147, five more than in October of last year. This remains at a high level due to the deployment of larger aircraft and an increased load factor per flight.

“Despite a drop in the number of passenger flights to and from Copenhagen Airport, we had an excellent summer that was fully on a par with 2018 and 2019, our busiest summers to date. This is because more airlines now use more modern aircraft that accommodate more passengers and because the airlines are now better at filling the aircraft,” says Peter Krogsgaard, Chief Commercial Officer of Copenhagen Airports A/S.

A total of 22,153 passenger aircraft took off and landed at Copenhagen Airport in August, compared with 23,261 in August 2019. This corresponds to a five per cent reduction in the number of flights in August, while the number of passengers passing through the airport remained the same. The load factor, or the average number of seats filled from Copenhagen, was as much as 81.0 per cent in August compared with 79.0 per cent in 2019.

Summer in Europe
The European routes to and from Copenhagen saw strong growth. In the three summer months, the number of passengers travelling to European destinations was up 12 per cent on last summer, mainly driven by the three largest airlines at Copenhagen Airport: SAS, Norwegian and Ryanair.

“We saw a marked increase in the number of passengers on the European routes. Because flights to and from our 128 European destinations make up 85 per cent of our total traffic, it has a great impact on us when Europe is on a growth path. The passengers are Danes bound for sunny destinations in southern Europe, but we also see a growing number of southern European tourists visiting Denmark and Copenhagen,” says Peter Krogsgaard.

With 716,000 passengers, Spanish destinations ranked top by some margin among the most popular countries of destination in southern Europe, followed by Italy, Greece, France and Turkey.

The routes to and from Italy saw the strongest growth in the number of passengers. Some 609,000 passengers travelled between Copenhagen and Italian airports during the three summer months, a year-on-year increase of 35 per cent.

More transfer passengers in Copenhagen
The total increase in passenger numbers over the summer was also driven by a growing number of transfer passengers travelling via Copenhagen, using the airport as a stopover on their journey to destinations around the world.

The number of transfer passengers in the three summer months grew by 19 per cent on the year-earlier period. The vast majority of transfer passengers at Copenhagen Airport fly in from airports in northern Europe, especially from Sweden and Norway and other Danish airports.

“We are very pleased with the increase in the number of transfer passengers. It strengthens our position as a key traffic hub, and it shows that many travellers see us as an attractive airport with a comprehensive route network to many parts of the world,” Peter Krogsgaard explains.

This year – so far – more than 3.7 million transfer journeys have been made to and out of Copenhagen Airport. SAS, which is the largest airline at Copenhagen Airport, accounts for the vast majority of transfer passengers – approximately 80 per cent.