EASYJET flights around the UK and France will resume in June.
Here’s how air travel will work with social distancing measures in place due to the coronavirus.
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When will EasyJet resume flights in the UK?
EasyJet is resuming flights from June 15.
They will mainly be domestic flights around the UK and to France.
They will serve a number of UK airports including Gatwick, Bristol, Birmingham, Liverpool, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness and Belfast.
In addition, flying will resume in France from Nice, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Nantes, Lyon and Lille, as well as from Geneva in Switzerland, Lisbon and Porto in Portugal, and Barcelona in Spain.
Johan Lundgren, CEO of EasyJet, said he was pleased to start taking the “small and carefully planned steps” to get the fleet back into the air.
How will check-in and boarding work on EasyJet flights?
It’s not yet clear how check-in and boarding will work on EasyJet flights.
However, social distancing measures will definitely be in place.
You might also need to follow new measures in the airport, like having your temperature taken.
The airline said it is “introducing new measures to help ensure safety and wellbeing, including enhanced aircraft cleaning and disinfection and requirement for passengers and crew to wear masks”.
Will meals be served on EasyJet flights?
No, meals won’t be served on the flights.
However, these measures could change in the future.
Johan Lundgren, CEO of EasyJet, said measures will “stay in place for as long as needed”.
Will I have to wear a mask?
Yes, all customers, ground and cabin crew will be required to wear a face mask.
There are a number of shops and online stores currently selling face masks.
Or if you don’t want to splash out, you can make your own mask.
What else will change when flights resume?
EasyJet CEO Johan Lundgren said measures will stay in place and they will be modified depending on the situation.
He said: “We will continue to closely monitor the situation across Europe so that when more restrictions are lifted the schedule will continue to build over time to match demand while also ensuring we are operating efficiently and on routes that our customers want to fly.
“The safety and wellbeing of our customers and crew remains our highest priority which is why we are implementing a number of measures enhancing safety at each part of the journey from disinfecting the aircraft to requiring customers and crew to wear masks.”
