easyJet has today celebrated its inaugural flight to Venice in Italy from Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LJLA), taking the number of routes they operate from Liverpool to 29.

The flight comes as last week easyJet celebrated 20 years of flying from Liverpool John Lennon Airport. The new route will operate twice weekly departures on Tuesdays and Saturdays, all year round.

Venice is one of Europe’s most popular tourist and business destinations and this latest addition to the growing list of cities to be served from Liverpool, will provide added choice for both leisure and business travellers across the North West.

Venice becomes the seventh Italian destination to be served from Liverpool, with flights operated by a number of airlines already on sale to Bari, Milan Bergamo, Milan Malpensa, Naples, Pisa and Rome.

Paul Winfield, Liverpool John Lennon Airport’s Air Service Development Director commented:

“We are delighted to welcome this new service to Venice, a destination that will be popular for our catchment in the North West and beyond.

“It will be the 29^th destination operated by EasyJet from Liverpool John Lennon Airport and having just completed 20 years of operating from Liverpool, we look forward to making this route a success.

Our passengers from across the North West Region can look forward to travelling to Venice in a ‘Faster, Easier, Friendlier’ fashion.”

Ali Gayward, UK Country Manager at easyJet, said:

“We’re delighted to be launching a new route to Venice from Liverpool today. In adding to easyJet’s destinations from the airport, it allows us to further enhance our range of leisure and business destinations on offer.

“The inaugural flight today signifies our continued commitment to providing affordable year round routes to from Liverpool as well as benefitting inbound tourism to the city.

“Being one of the most romantic and magical places in the world, Venice often tops peoples list of places to visit at least once in their life. It’s also a strong European economic hub proving popular with the business community. We are sure it will be a great success.”

Celebrating easyJet's inaugural flight to Venice