easyJet announces its new longest flight ever along with 17 more routes

easyJet has announced its longest route to date (Picture: Getty Images)

Famous for budget European holidays, you’d be forgiven for thinking that boarding an easyJet flight usually involves a short-haul journey.

Now, though, the airline has launched its longest-ever flight, and it’ll be departing from Amsterdam, a classic favourite among Brits, to the eternally sunny island of Sal, in Cape Verde, from October 2026.

The route takes around seven hours and 20...