• Passengers will be permitted to use ereaders, tablets and mobile phones throughout their easyJet flight from today

easyJet, the UK's largest airline, has announced that from today - 14 April 2014, all passengers onboard will be allowed to use their personal electronic devices such as laptops, DVD players, tablets and mobile phones onboard in 'Flight Mode' throughout the whole flight including during take-off and landing.

Up until now, passengers have had to turn their devices off for both periods during the flight, and the change comes after recent recommendations from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for these restrictions to be relaxed.

Peter Duffy, easyJet's Group Commercial Director, Customer, Product and Marketing said:

"We know that portable devices are an important part of our customers' journey with us so we are pleased they can now use their electronic devices onboard in 'Flight mode' for the duration of their flight with us - we think this will be a popular change."

easyJet submitted a detailed safety proposal to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) which has been approved in line with all safety regulations, meaning that passengers will be able to continue watching films, reading e-books, working or drafting e-mails uninterrupted for longer.

The announcement comes just months after easyJet introduced the use of mobile boarding passes across 85% of its network. easyJet has one of the fastest apps in the industry which has been downloaded by nearly eight million passengers.

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For more information contact the easyJet Press Office on +44 1582 525252 or press.office@easyJet.com

About easyJet:

easyJet operates Europe's No. 1 air transport network with a leading presence on Europe's top 100 routes and at Europe's 50 largest airports.

easyJet carries more than 60 million passengers annually of which 11 million are travelling on business.

easyJet flies over 200 aircraft on more than 600 routes between over 130 airports and over 30 countries. More than 300 million Europeans live within one hour's drive of an easyJet airport, more than any other airline.

The airline takes sustainability seriously. easyJet invests in the latest technology, operates efficiently and fills most of its seats which means that an easyJet passenger's carbon footprint is 22% less than a passenger on a traditional airline, flying the same aircraft on the same route.

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