EasyJet has announced that it will be setting up an airport base in an African destination that is loved by Brits, meaning holidaymakers around the world get to experience more cheap flights to the beautiful city.
The airline is expanding its program to a base in Marrakech, Morocco. EasyJet already flies to Marrakech from eight UK airports, including Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, London Gatwick, Luton, and Southend, offering cheap flights for UK holidaymakers. Now, it will be offering new routes from various European cities starting in spring 2026.
The new routes include ones from Hamburg, Lille, and Strasbourg to Marrakech, and a route from Geneva to Tangier.
Each route will operate twice a week, resulting in hundreds of new flights and a record of four million available seats in the first year of opening the base.
Kenton Jarvis, easyJet CEO, said: “I am delighted to be announcing this historic partnership and the establishment of a new base in Marrakech.
“There is no doubt Morocco is a key market for easyJet: we are the largest carrier to Morocco from the UK and from Switzerland, Morocco is our fastest growing market outside Europe and a major destination for our easyJet holiday customers.
“With this new development and the launch of our base in Marrakech, we will expand our leisure and business offer to Morocco from more destinations across Europe than ever before.”
Morocco is currently the most visited country in Africa, with visitor numbers increasing year after year. In 2024, the destination welcomed a record-breaking 17.4 million tourists, a significant jump from the 14.52 million that visited the previous year.
Marrakech, located in the western part of Morocco, is the country’s most popular city, thanks to its vibrant culture and bustling traditional markets, drawing huge crowds.
Brits can take a three-hour and 40-minute direct flight to the city, with Skyscanner showing one-way tickets from as little as £15 in November.
