SOUTHEND Airport has announced a new route to Menorca.

easyJet will fly twice a week to Mahon, Menorca from Southend Airport, bringing the number of summer destinations on offer to thirteen.

Tickets costing £30.99 one-way go on sale today with the first flights set to take off on June 26.

easyJet is expected to fly 500 passengers a week between the airport and Mahon, the Balearic island’s capital.

Neil Slaven, UK Commercial Manager at easyJet, said “We’re delighted to be adding Mahon in Menorca to easyJet’s range of destinations from Southend in a move which provides our passengers another summer holiday destination from the airport, further strengthening our already comprehensive European flight network.

It also highlights our commitment to providing affordable routes for both leisure and business passengers from the airport and we’re sure that it will prove extremely popular.”

Roger Clements, Southend Airport chief commercial officer, said "We are absolutely delighted that easyJet is going to be offering another route from London Southend in next summer.

"With our railway station just 100 paces from the terminal building, up to eight trains per hour superfast to London Liverpool Street, a maximum of four minutes to go through security and the ‘Best Airport in Britain’ award from Which? magazine for the second year running - and now even more fantastic destinations - it's no surprise that more and more people are choosing simply easier Southend."

To book visit easyjet.com