On Thursday EasyJet, which started flying from Luxembourg in 2012 from London-Gatwick and now also serves Milan, Lisbon and Porto, announced that it will be launching a new route to Lyon from 1 November, with three flights a week, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.

This route will be in direct competition with HOP! AirFrance which launched the route in February this year.

In 2015 EasyJet carried almost 200,000 passengers to and from Luxembourg.