Jersey to get new Easyjet flights

Easyjet is aiming for business and tourist flyers

Low-cost airline Easyjet has announced it will be flying to Jersey from Liverpool and London Luton next year.

The airline company expects 200,000 passengers to fly on the new services within the first 12 months.

The two UK airports will offer daily flights and will start on 31 March and 21 April respectively.

David Osborne, Easyjet manager, said: "We expect the service to be popular with both business and leisure passengers."

Seats for the new Liverpool service will be on sale in the next seven days and seats for the Luton service will be available in the first week of December.