A NEW route from the UK to France is being launched by easyJet this summer.
The budget airline has confirmed a new route from London Gatwick to Brest in Brittany this June.
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The new route, starting from £44.99 each way, will operate twice a week on Wednesdays and Sundays.
Flights take just over an hour.
Jennifer Newman, Airline Relations Manager at London Gatwick said they were “delighted” to launch the new route.
She added: “[It provides] passengers across London and the South East with more choice and competition from London Gatwick.”
The new route joins Volotea, another budget airline who launched flights to Brest last year.
The Spanish airline also operates the route from London Gatwick, for as little as £25 each way.
Other airlines such as Air France require a change, making the flight time around six hours.
Ryanair used to operate a Bristol-Brest route back in 2019 although this was scrapped.
The city of Brest is on the Atlantic coast, and named as a City of Art and History.
Lots of it was rebuilt after the 1944 bombings in WWII, although still has a mix of modernist and Art Deco buildings.
Also dubbed a “Breton-style San Francisco” with their sloping streets in a grid formation, there are seven districts to explore.
Or you can try out the cable car that goes over the river to the Les Capucins district.
Most people head to the National Maritime Museum, or Océanopolis, one of the largest aquariums in France.
Visit in July for the annual Astropolis, a techno music festival, or August for the Route du Rock festival with rock music.
Here are some other new flight routes launching from London Gatwick this year, including:
- Cape Verde with easyJet from March
- Rimini with easyJet from April
- Porto with easyJet from May
- Salerno with British Airways from May
Long-haul destinations from London Gatwick include Singapore with Singapore Airlines as well as Las Vegas with Norse Airways.
Here are some new Ryanair flight routes launching this year too.
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