New route announcement

easyJet PLC
12 February 2004


Embargoed until 07.00 Thursday 11th February


       EXPANSION OF AIRPORT NETWORK INTO NEW EU COUNTRIES AND SWITZERLAND

easyJet, Europe's leading low-cost airline, announced today new routes to seven
new routes, including three completely new destinations - two in countries which
are soon to join the European Community.

The seven routes, which will bring easyJet's network to 135 routes, cover:
     
-    London Stansted to Basel and Ljubljana International
-    London Luton to Budapest International
-    London Gatwick to Naples, Ibiza, Faro and Prague

Ten new countries join the EU on 1 May and easyJet is taking advantage of the
enlargement by extending its services to Hungary and Slovenia from that date.
Slovenia is considered to be one of the most up and coming ski, and summer
holiday destinations, while its capital, Ljubljana, is famous for its Baroque
Old Town. With its rich cultural heritage, Hungary's capital is known as the
'Paris of Eastern Europe' and is an increasingly popular tourist destination.

easyJet is also expanding further in Switzerland, with new a service linking
London to Basel's Euroairport. The airline already ranks as the biggest airline
at Geneva Airport and recently announced that it was withdrawing its service
from London Gatwick to Zurich Airport due an excessive increase in landing
charges in Zurich.

Today's announcement follows that in November when easyJet confirmed a long-term
deal with Berlin Schonefeld Airport, initially to operate 11 routes to six
countries, and previous statements about putting additional capacity into the
London area.

Ray Webster, easyJet Chief Executive said:

'There are good opportunities for growth in Europe at present, particularly as
the EU expands.  Having already announced the establishment of operations from
Berlin Schonefeld, today's announcement is a further key step in the planned
growth of easyJet and is a result of the airport tender that we announced in
mid-2003.

'With 10 new Member States joining the EU from 1st May, the market for low-cost
airline services will expand dramatically. We plan to be part of that expansion
from the very first day.

'The addition of Basel to the easyJet network demonstrates that our future lies
with those airports that embrace the low-cost model and want to be part of
easyJet's long-term future growth.'

ENDS



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