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easyJet confirms even more international flights will resume from July 1

easyJet has announced plans to restart more flights on July 1.

The airline will restart the domestic and international flights from 14 airports across the UK.

Holidaymakers will be able to fly abroad from London Gatwick, London Luton, Bristol, Manchester, Newcastle, Edinburgh and Belfast to a number of countries including France, Italy and Spain.

The Mirror reports that easyJet says it will run around 500 flights a day across Europe, including over 900 flights a week to and from the UK.

This includes popular holiday hospots such as the Balearics and Canary Islands and beach destinations across Greece, Croatia and Portugal.

A new route is also set to be launched on 20 July between Gatwick to Stockholm.

In addition, flying will resume from main bases in The Netherlands and Germany for the first time, as well as on more domestic and international routes from France, Switzerland, Italy, Spain and Portugal.

New safety measures mean passengers and crew are required to wear masks at the airport and during the flight.

Planes are regularly deep-cleaned, and gloves and hand sanitiser are being made available.

The airline plans to reopen half of its 1,022 routes by the end of next month, increasing to 75% during August.

Currently the Foreign Office warns against all non essential travel abroad.

But travel restrictions are expected to change soon to allow people to travel to a small number of countries including Spain, Greece and France.

Robert Carey, easyJet chief commercial and strategy officer said: “We are really pleased to be relaunching even more of our flights from 1 July and starting to get customers away on their much-needed summer holidays.

"With so many families travelling over the peak summer easyJet has teamed up with a superhero illustrator to create comic book inspired face mask covers for children flying this summer to help ease the experience for both kids and parents.

"Irish artist Will Sliney, best known for his work on Marvel comics Spider-Man and Star Wars, has created a range of new comic book inspired face mask covers for young easyJet flyers.

“Of course, the safety and wellbeing of our customers and crew remains our highest priority. This is why we have implemented a number of measures enhancing safety at each part of the journey from disinfecting the aircraft to requiring customers and crew to wear masks.

"These measures will remain in place for as long as is needed to ensure customers and crew are able to fly safely as the world continues to recover from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.”

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