The historic centre of Naples is listed by Unesco.

Easyjet is opening a base in Naples, its third in Italy and 24th in its European network, which will be operational from spring 2014.

Having first started operations in Naples in 2000, Easyjet now carries more passengers than any other airline into and out of the city.

Mike Campbell, Easyjet Europe director, said: “Naples is a top European destination both for tourism – the city being listed a World Heritage Site by Unesco – and for business with a wide network of more than 260,000 companies and 2.6 million business passengers travelling to and from Naples every year.”

EasyJet will fly 20 routes from the base, five of those will be newly introduced in Spring 2014, and will offer 130 flights a week at peak season from Naples.

The new routes are Hamburg, Brussels, Catania, Mykonos and Corfu.

The airline will fly additional frequencies on key routes such as London Gatwick with two daily flights.

Last month, Easyjet announced the opening of another key European base in Hamburg next Spring alongside announcing plans to increase its fleet in Berlin.