Italy becomes the second market for Easyjet. 2026 year of consolidation
In an interview with Radiocor, Lorenzo Lagorio, the airline's Country Manager Italy, explains that 21 million passengers will be carried in Italy in 2025. A number that will also grow in the current year.
(Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor)- With the opening of new bases at Linate and Fiumicino, Italy becomes the second largest market for Easyjet. The airline has its sights set on our country, with passengers rising to 21 million in 2025. A number that will inevitably grow even in 2026 because the company will annualise what it has invested in Italy and especially in Linate, where in April 2025 it opened a new base thanks to the slots obtained from the Ita-Lufthansa agreement. This growth will be seen above all in winter, while summer will realistically be more like last year's. This was explained in an interview with Radiocor, Lorenzo Lagorio, easyJet's Country Manager Italy.
"The growth of Italy in 2025 was extraordinary, also thanks to the Linate slots after the Ita-Lufthansa deal. This decision has further increased our presence in this country, which was already a key market and is now the second largest market in Europe after the United Kingdom," explained the top manager. In terms of numbers, "we closed the year with over 21 million passengers in the market to and from Italian airports. It is a market that is working". Looking to the future, 'the investment in Linate took place in the middle of the 2025 financial year, so there has already been an important increase. A growth that will also be there for the financial year 2026 because we will have annualisation of the investment". Lagorio emphasised that "we will continue to grow in double figures in 2026 and we will exceed 21 million passengers. This winter, which is already the new financial year, we have two more bases than last winter and new inbound routes. The summer will realistically be more like last year. 2026 will be a year of consolidation of the growth we made last year. We will continue to push on the things that work and the things that work less well we will improve."
2026 year of consolidation also for routes
Despite the investment at Linate 'we have decided to consolidate at Malpensa where we are looking to grow further. We are also exploring new routes to optimise the network between the two airports. We launched this winter Capo Verde which is the longest route we operate from Italy and Malpensa. It is a year-round destination. We launched Luxor in Egypt in addition to Sharm el-Sheikh, Hurghada and Marsa Alam. We have more and more different exotic destinations that work all year round," the top manager added.
As far as new destinations are concerned, 'we always look at the opportunity of new routes even if the focus now is on consolidating those launched so far. At Linate we have a European network but this summer we decided to launch the Linate-Brindisi connection. There are continual novelties but the focus is on consolidating and maturing the routes already launched'.
