Southend Airport's fast-growing winter programme with easyJet has gone on sale this week with flights to a popular skiing destination returning.

The budget airline has revealed its winter 2024/2025 schedule this week, with flights at Southend Airport up until March 2 now available, so customers have the opportunity to book early and get the best fares for next winter.

The new programme includes the confirmed return of Geneva flights from December 2024 to March 2025 - with prices starting from £23.99.

Passengers will also be able to fly to Alicante and Amsterdam up to March, as well as Paris until late February.

Outgoing owner Esken said that administrators from AlixPartners had been appointed on Thursday after it revealed that a potential restructuring plan was no longer “commercially viable.”

But a deal which secures the future of Southend Airport is unlikely to be affected by the administration, the business said, as the ownership transition of Southend Airport to Carlyle and Cyrus Capital Partners from Esken is "progressing at speed".

This takeover could pave the way for new airlines and passenger numbers soaring to six million a year, aviation experts have previously told the Echo, so we may be seeing even more destinations added to the airline's 2024/2025 winter programme soon.

Southend Airport CEO John Upton said: "The ownership transition of London Southend Airport to Carlyle and Cyrus Capital Partners from Esken PLC is progressing at speed and we’re all looking forward to the completion of this process very soon, which will further cement a financially strong future for our airport.

"With our busiest summer in five years coming up, we’re focused on serving the thousands of passengers who’ll be travelling with us each week to a range of wonderful destinations including Spain, The Netherlands, France, Portugal, and Switzerland. 

"Excitingly, our fast-growing Winter programme for 2024/25 has also just gone on sale."