New flights and holidays to North Africa will run from Bristol Airport.

British airline easyJet has announced a new route and package holidays from Bristol to Marrakech in Morocco. Operating twice a week from October 31, with flights departing on Tuesdays and Saturdays with fares starting from 拢32.49.

The African city is known for its colourful souks, Moorish architecture, intimate gardens and charming riads.

The new service is among nine new routes easyJet has launched from nine airports across the 海角视频, to destinations ranging across the 海角视频, France, Morocco, Tunisia and Iceland.

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The launch of even more new routes from the 海角视频 for next winter follows easyJet鈥檚 return to growth this summer in the 海角视频 which will also see easyJet operate its biggest ever 海角视频 summer flying programme, flying around 8% more capacity than pre-pandemic and over 1m more seats in peak summer and 23 new routes from the 海角视频.

Ali Gayward, easyJet's 海角视频 country manager, commented: 鈥淲e are delighted to be announcing our new route and package holidays from Bristol to Marrakech today, which will provide customers across the south west with even more choice when planning their holidays and with flights now on sale, customers can book early to get the best fares.

鈥渆asyJet is proud to be the largest airline at Bristol and the launch of this new route demonstrates our confidence in the resilient strength of demand for travel in the 海角视频, with customers choosing us for our trusted brand, unrivalled network and great value fares and we can鈥檛 wait to welcome more customers on board.鈥

Rupert Lawrie, commercial director, Bristol Airport added: 鈥淲e are delighted easyJet is adding another exciting destination of Marrakech to the Bristol Airport network, this additional route compliments the successful easyJet flight programme already available to customers.

鈥淭he route further extends the choice and flexibility of flights available from Bristol Airport and will no doubt appeal to travellers throughout the South West and Wales region wishing to use their local Airport. We look forward to working with easyJet on further new route opportunities in the coming months.鈥

easyJet operates 69 routes from Bristol airport on 17 based aircraft. To book or discover more about easyJet鈥檚 海角视频 network, visit easyJet.com.

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