easyJet, Europe's leading low cost airline today announced it would add more capacity to its base at EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg this summer and introduce an additional three new routes.

The daily services from EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg to Madrid and Hamburg commences on Thursday 11th August , whilst the daily service to Malaga commences on Friday 12th August.

This expansion is a continuation of the development of EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg as easyJet's second Swiss base and will increase the total number of routes offered to 13, with four aircraft operating through the airport. These new routes are in addition to six announced last month to Alicante, Barcelona, Naples, Nice, Palma and Rome starting on the 17th June.

Madrid and Malaga are currently served easyJet destinations that have proved to be very popular, whilst the Hamburg service adds a new city to the easyJet network taking the total number of destinations served to 62 and a total of 205 routes throughout Europe.

Seats are on sale now at www.easyjet.com , with fares to Madrid and Malaga from �26.99 one way (CHF 39.95), to Hamburg from �18.99 one way(CHF 29.95).

Ray Webster, easyJet Chief Executive commented; easyJet's expansion at Basel's EuroAirport is a further step in easyJet's commitment to intra European travel and reflects the airlines growth plans for Germany. The airline will now offer a choice of 13 routes from its new Basel base and today's announcement increases the number of German airports on easyJet's network to five".

Timetable:

Commences 11Aug

HAMBURG: EZS 1027 Depts Basel 1220 Arr Hamburg 1345

EZS 1028 Depts Hamburg 1410 Arr Basel1530

MADRID: EZS 1011 Depts Basel 1550 Arr Madrid 1805

EZS 1012 Depts Madrid 1840 Arr Basel 2100

Commences 12Aug

MALAGA: EZS 1089 Depts Basel 0600 Arr - Malaga 0935

EZS 1090 Depts Malaga 0910 Arr Basel 1145

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