easyJet News
21-Dec-2010
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet, this evening announced that to enable more people to get to their destination in time for the festive period, it is to allow its passengers who have been disrupted to transfer their return flights free of charge to any airport served by the airline.
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08-Oct-2010
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet has today announced that it is to operate a further three new routes from Liverpool John Lennon Airport (JLA) as a further sign of its continued commitment to the Airport, bringing its total number of destinations from JLA to 32.
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27-Aug-2010
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet, the UK's largest and best value airline, has launched three new business routes from Manchester Airport.
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05-Jul-2010
UNITED KINGDOM :
Oxford Aviation Academy (OAA) is delighted to announce the further expansion of its training and resourcing partnership with major European airline easyJet through an agreement to supply further high quality graduate pilots through our new APP First Officer Plus course.
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11-Dec-2009
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet, the South West’s favourite airline, today announced it would introduce a brand new Airbus A320 to its base in Bristol which will operate on its two new routes this Spring.
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30-Nov-2009
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet became the first airline to call for tough, mandatory emission standards for aircraft that would lead to a 40% reduction in CO2 emissions from the next generation of aircraft.
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27-Aug-2009
UNITED KINGDOM :
26-Aug-2009 BAE Systems has won an exclusive mandate from leading low fares carrier easyJet to remarket four Airbus A321 airliners.
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29-May-2009
UNITED KINGDOM :
British-based LCC, easyJet, is maintaining its expansionist strategy, despite reporting a near-double net loss in the six months to 31-Mar-2009. The carrier has announced plans to introduce four new destinations as well as increase selected frequencies at London Gatwick and on the Copenhagen-Berlin sector during the Northern Summer travel period commencing Jul-2009.
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11-May-2009
UNITED KINGDOM :
EasyJet has put its Christmas and winter flights from London Gatwick on sale, with extra services to some popular destinations.
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08-May-2009
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet, the UK’s largest airline, has released (07-May-09) its winter schedule 2009/10 from Gatwick Airport. Routes include the ever popular destinations of, Geneva, Palma and Alicante with fares from just GBP22.99 including tax. Due to popular demand we have brought forward the launch of our winter schedule, which goes on sale earlier than ever before!
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04-May-2009
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet plc announced today that Jeff Carr, Group Finance Director, has informed the Board of his intention to leave the Company.
Easy acaba de anunciar hoy que su director financiero, Jeff Carr, ha informado a la Junta Directiva su intención de dejar la compañía.
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23-Apr-2009
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet, the UK’s largest airline, has (23-Apr-09) announced that it is increasing the number of flights this summer to the popular destinations of Split, Dalaman, Bodrum, Mykonos, Montpellier and Toulouse from Gatwick Airport.
easyJet, la mayor aerolínea de bajo coste del Reino unido, anuncia (23 Abr 09) la ampliación de vuelos previstos en su programa de verano, desde el Aeropuerto de Gatwick, a famosos destinos como Split, Dalaman, Bodrum, Mykonos, Montpellier y Toulouse.
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22-Apr-2009
UNITED KINGDOM :
Starbucks announced (21-Apr-09) that customers of easyJet, the UK’s largest airline, will be able to purchase Starbucks VIA Ready Brew on flights out of UK Newcastle, Stansted, Gatwick airports, as well as, Madrid airport, beginning 01-May.
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21-Apr-2009
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet, the UK’s largest airline, 21-Apr-09 announced that it is opening three new routes from Luton Airport, giving travelers an even greater choice of popular destinations from their local airport and brings the total number of routes from Luton to 34.
EasyJet, la mayor línea aérea del Reino Unido, acaba de anunciar (21 Abr 09) que abrirá en breve tres nuevas rutas desde el Aeropuerto de Luton. De esta manera ofrecerá a los viajeros una mayor elección en sus destinos desde este aeropuerto local; y aumenta a 34 el número de rutas operado desde Luton.
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09-Apr-2009
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet transported 3.5 million passengers in Mar-2009, a 6.3% year-on-year reduction, reflecting the carrier’s decision to limit margin dilution over the European Winter by withdrawing lower yielding flights.
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07-Apr-2009
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet plc announced (07-Apr-09) that Sir Colin Chandler will step down as Chairman of easyJet with effect from 01-Jul-09. Sir Colin announced his intention to stand down this year at the easyJet AGM on 05-Feb-09 and that a search for his successor was underway.
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02-Apr-2009
UNITED KINGDOM :
As a result of strike action by Air Taffic Control personnel in Greece on 02-Apr-09, easyJet regrets having to reschedule flight times for the following services.
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31-Mar-2009
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet announced (30-Mar-09) a new partnership with HostelWorld.com, the leading provider of online reservations to the budget accommodation sector. The new partnership will provide hostels, B&B and guesthouse accommodation for easyJet’s 45 million passengers.
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25-Mar-2009
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet has announced (24-Mar-09) that it is increasing its flight frequency to the sunshine hotspot destination of Palma De Mallorca from Glasgow Airport.
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24-Mar-2009
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet announced plans to bring forward its expansion at Manchester Airport, which will see the start date to its four new routes to Corfu, Athens, Bastia and Dalaman brought forward from August to 21-May-2009.
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24-Mar-2009
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet has announced (23-Mar-09) plans to bring forward its expansion at Manchester Airport, which will see the start date to its four new routes to Corfu, Athens, Bastia and Dalaman brought forward from August to 21-May-09.
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20-Mar-2009
UNITED KINGDOM :
Andy Harrison, easyJet Chief Executive, said (19-Mar-09): We welcome the Competition Commission's remedies, but they can only address part of the problem. The simple fact is that airports like Gatwick are a monopoly and simply changing the ownership will not change that fact.
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19-Mar-2009
UNITED KINGDOM :
As a result of a general strike in France on 19-Mar-09 easyJet regrets having to cancel the following flights.
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16-Mar-2009
UNITED KINGDOM :
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) published (13-Mar-09) price caps for Stansted Airport for Apr-09 until Mar-2014.
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11-Mar-2009
UNITED KINGDOM :
The European Commission has agreed (10-Mar-09) to allow inefficient, poorly-run airlines to hoard valuable airport landing slots rather than allowing unused slots to be returned to the many European airlines that are ready, willing and able to operate them.
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10-Mar-2009
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet launched (09-Mar-09) a hotel accommodation offer, with 300,000 free nights' accommodation throughout Europe for hotel stays between 16-Feb-09 and 31-Oct-09.
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10-Mar-2009
UNITED KINGDOM :
Responding to the consultation held on 09-Mar-09 regarding the future of airport regulation, Andy Harrison, easyJet Chief Executive, said:
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06-Mar-2009
UNITED KINGDOM :
In a letter to all 27 European Commissioners, easyJet called (05-Mar-09) on the EU to avoid narrow-minded protectionism by a few legacy airlines appealing for state aid through the back door.
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06-Mar-2009
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet load factor improved by 2.4 percentage points in February compared to the prior year. The number of passengers flown by easyJet in Feb-09 was 6.8% below Feb-08 which reflects the decision first announced in summer 2008 to limit margin dilution over this winter from the impact of higher fuel costs by withdrawing lower yielding flights.
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24-Feb-2009
UNITED KINGDOM :
Figures from easyJet showed that passengers flying from the UK to Airports in the French, Swiss and Italian Alps for the weekend have increased by more than 16%
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17-Feb-2009
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet launched (16-Feb-09) a hotel accommodation offer, with 300,000 free nights' accommodation throughout Europe for hotel stays between 16-Feb-09 and 31-Oct-09. Paul Simmons, easyJet’s UK Regional General Manager said:
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16-Feb-2009
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet announced (13-Feb-09) that it has won the Innovation Award for Air Travel at this year’s Business Travel Show in London. Paul Simmons, easyJet’s UK Regional General Manager said: “We are always delighted to be recognised for the innovations in our products.
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06-Feb-2009
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet Chairman, Colin Chandler, announced that in light of the current economic environment the Board will continue to adopt a cautious approach to growth and will focus on maintaining a strong balance sheet.
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05-Feb-2009
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet announced (04-Feb-09) that it is opening an additional 13 new routes across Europe, for Summer 2009 bringing the total number of routes to 416. Five of the new routes will operate from UK airports. Fares for the new routes will start from just GBP29.99 including tax.
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27-Jan-2009
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet plc announced (22-Jan-09) that the following directors and PDMRs have been awarded Performance Shares under the easyJet Long Term Incentive Plan: Andrew Harrison, Mike Campbell, Toby Nicol, Tim Newing and Cor Vrieswijk.
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22-Jan-2009
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet announced (21-Jan-09) a pan-European partnership with TripAdvisor, which will see independent hotel reviews on the easyJetHotels.com website. TripAdvisor hotel ratings, reviews and photos are now displayed on both hotel search results and description pages on easyJetHotels.com.
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12-Jan-2009
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet launched a sale with up to 25% off flights between 01-Mar-09 and 30-Jun-09, including Easter and Half-Term, offering discounts on 16 million seats for early Summer travel.
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09-Jan-2009
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet announced (08-Jan-09) that it is opening a new route from Newcastle to Malta.
The twice weekly service (Monday and Friday) will commence on 02-Apr-09. Fares will be from GBP26.99 one way.
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07-Jan-2009
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet announced (06-Jan-09) that it is opening 14 new routes across Europe for Summer 2009. Nine of the new routes will operate from UK regional airports. Fares for the new routes will start from GBP22.99 including tax.
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19-Dec-2008
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet announced (18-Dec-08) the launch of its new online foreign exchange service, offering travellers have access to the foreign currencies available from any UK airline.
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15-Dec-2008
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet announced (12-Dec-08) that it will be launching four new routes from London Gatwick Airport, providing services for passengers to destinations in Croatia, Cyprus Italy and Greece. David Osborne, easyJet’s regional general manager for the UK, said:
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10-Dec-2008
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet: Keeping prices broadly flat over the coming years should ensure consumers continue to be protected from BAA’s worst monopolistic excesses. We are pleased that on this occasion the CAA appears to have listened to and taken its lead from the recommendations of the Competition Commission.
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09-Dec-2008
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet has released (08-Dec-08) its Summer 2009 schedule from London Gatwick Airport. Destinations include Alicante, Malaga and Faro along with cities - Edinburgh, Barcelona and Helsinki. Fares will be starting at GBP27.99 including tax.
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03-Dec-2008
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet announced to increase the communal tax (similar to APD, Air Passenger Duty) by EUR2, applicable to all flights departing from all Italian airports. This is the result of a change in the decree n.166 of 27/10/2008 approved by the Italian Authorities.
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26-Nov-2008
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet announced (26-Nov-08) its Summer 2009 schedule from London Luton Airport. Destinations include places in Alicante and Faro along with many cities - Edinburgh, Paris and Amsterdam.
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25-Nov-2008
UNITED KINGDOM :
Following the announcement that Ryanair has carried out its threat to terminate its hotel supplier contract with Expedia, easyJetHotels are offering Ryanair customers an extra 5% off rates at easyJetHotels.
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18-Nov-2008
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet announced that the High Court has approved the application for a Judicial Review of the regulatory process that allowed BAA to impose an exorbitant increase in airport charges at Gatwick Airport last spring.
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17-Nov-2008
UNITED KINGDOM :
On 13-Nov-08 the Board of Directors of easyJet plc received a letter by email from their fellow director and beneficial owner of the largest block of voting shares, Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou. Sir Stelios' interest in easyJet shares is held through easyGroup Holdings Limited, a Cayman Islands company (easyGroup).
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07-Nov-2008
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet has released its summer 2009 schedule from Belfast International Airport. Destinations include Ibiza, Nice, Palma, Amsterdam, Paris and Barcelona, with fares from GBP20.99 (40.78 return) including tax.
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05-Nov-2008
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet welcomes the recommendations of the Competition Commission (CC) on future charges at Stansted Airport. In the current economic climate, more than ever the flying public needs to be protected from monopoly abuse and the CC is to be congratulated for its clear-headed analysis.
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04-Nov-2008
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet announced a new partnership with Holiday Extras. easyJet customers can book their airport parking via a dedicated booking page. Bill McKimm, head of ancillary revenue at easyJet, said: Our partnership with Holiday Extras, ensures that easyJet customers can save time and money when they pre-book airport car parking along with their easyJet flight.
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04-Nov-2008
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet launched (03-Nov-08) flights between London Gatwick and Helsinki-Vantaa. The airline will fly the route daily. The flight arrives in Helsinki at 8:05 p.m. on weekdays and Sunday and departs from Helsinki at 8:35 p.m. On Saturday, the flight arrives at 11:20 a.m. and departs from Helsinki at 11:50 a.m.
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31-Oct-2008
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet, the UK’s largest airline, announced that it is opening a new route to Scandinavia from London Gatwick.Following the bankruptcy of Sterling Airlines, easyJet will open a daily flight from Gatwick to Copenhagen with a view to increasing capacity at the beginning of the summer schedule.
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22-Oct-2008
UNITED KINGDOM :
On 20-Oct-08, easyJet began flying from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport. The airline will also begin service to Geneva, Switzerland on 27-Oct-08. Mats Sigurdson, Director Aviation Marketing at LFV, the state enterprise that operates the major Swedish airports said, “For a long time, easyJet has been one of the most important airlines in Europe.
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18-Sep-2008
UNITED KINGDOM :
The announcement that BAA has put London Gatwick Airport up for sale is not a surprise, but it is a possible cause for alarm.
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12-Sep-2008
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet reportedly plans to cut 60 employees at its operating base at Luton Airport, as part of its cost cutting programme aimed at offsetting high fuel prices.
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11-Sep-2008
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet awarded SmartFocus Digital a contract to handle its email marketing account, which includes providing creative marketing solutions and optimising the carrier’s send rates for the millions of marketing and promotion emails it sends every month.
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10-Sep-2008
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet recently debuted the first aircraft equipped with Rockwell Collins' new dPAVES™ in-flight entertainment (IFE) system. The system, which entered into service on an Airbus A321 aircraft, will also be installed on up to 13 additional easyJet aircraft.
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08-Sep-2008
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet reports (05-Sep-08) the following traffic highlights for Aug-08:
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04-Sep-2008
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet announced (03-Sep-08) plans to launch London Gatwick-Istanbul service, effective 12-Dec-08.
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02-Sep-2008
UNITED KINGDOM :
Morocco will now end its daylight saving time earlier than expected, between midnight on 31-Aug-08 and 01-Sept-08. Due to this unforeseen local time change, easyJet has rescheduled flights departing to and from Morocco between 01-Sept-08 and 27-Sept-08.
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02-Sep-2008
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet unveiled plans to reduce its point of sale (POS) fee on bookings made through Global Distribution Systems (GDS) and other approved third party distribution channels connected to its Application Programming Interface (API).
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18-Aug-2008
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet PLC announces that it has received notification from easyGroup IP Licensing Limited (“the Licensor”) that the Licensor is to ask the High Court to clarify the terms of the Brand Licence agreement, a contract between easyJet and the Licensor which governs the Company’s use of the easyJet brand and a number of related trademarks.
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08-Aug-2008
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet, announced a new route from London Gatwick to Salzburg in Austria. The new route, which commences on 13-Dec-08, will operate three times weekly and offer fares from just GBP32.99 one way including tax.
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25-Jul-2008
UNITED KINGDOM :
(XFN-ASIA) easyJet Plc. said full year pretax profit would fall to a worse-than-expected GBP110-120 million while it was cutting capacity for this winter.
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18-Jul-2008
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet expects to carry 200,000 passengers on this new route in the first 12 months of operation.
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17-Jul-2008
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet, the UK’s largest airline, has launched its winter 2008/9 schedule for flights from London Luton and London Gatwick. Flights from 03-Nov-08 to 28-Mar-09 are on sale now at www.easyJet.com, with fares available on domestic routes from GBP19.99 one way and European destinations from GBP21.99 one way including all taxes.
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09-Jul-2008
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet unveiled plans to launch two new routes from Manchester this winter to Sofia (Bulgaria) and Geneva (Switzerland).
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08-Jul-2008
UNITED KINGDOM :
(XFN-ASIA) - EasyJet Plc. reported a higher load factor and number of passengers for Jun-08 compared with the same month a year earlier, and said total revenue per seat continues to improve in line with expectations.
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07-Jul-2008
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet launched a new service from London Gatwick to the French coastal town of Biarritz. The new four-times weekly service (Sunday, Monday, Wednesday & Friday), will provide easy and low-cost access to some of the most beautiful beaches, breathtaking landscapes and mouth-watering nouvelle cuisine in the Basque Country.
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25-Jun-2008
UNITED KINGDOM :
Starting on 20-Oct, easyJet will offer one daily departure to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport from Milan Malpensa, northern Italy’s most important airport. The new route is part of easyJet’s expansion at Milan Malpensa, where easyJet is the largest airline.
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20-Jun-2008
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet celebrated the arrival of its eleventh based aircraft at Milan Malpensa Airport and announces further expansion at Milan Malpensa Airport.
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20-Jun-2008
UNITED KINGDOM :
Lufthansa Systems announced that easyJet will begin using Lido Operations Center (Lido OC), to plan all of its flight routings from Oct-08. The Lido OC flight planning solution will enable easyJet to optimise its flight routings, reduce fuel consumption and deliver significant cost-savings. The introduction of this new flight planning system is part of easyJet’s efficiency programme which also includes accelerated fleet rationalisation, improvements to crewing efficiencies, a focus on reducing overheads and follows the airline’s recent unveiling of its new CFM engines which will reduce NOx and CO2 emissions as well as fuel consumption.
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13-Jun-2008
UNITED KINGDOM :
(XFN Asia) easyJet Plc stated it is starting a 90 day consultation with its staff over whether to close its Dortmund staff base. The UK-based carrier has also said it will cut 50% of all flights to Dortmund in its Winter schedule. Meanwhile, Ryanair Holdings, which also operates flights from the area, said in a statement it has released 100,000 seats at EUR10 including taxes and fees on its 22 routes from Dusseldorf-Weeze, which is 80km outside of Dusseldorf, to celebrate the easyJet decision.
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12-Jun-2008
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet and CFM International celebrated delivery of the airline’s first A319 aircraft powered by CFM56-5B Tech Insertion engines. CFM56 engines are a product of CFM International (CFM), a 50/50 joint company between Snecma (SAFRAN Group) and General Electric Company.
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03-Jun-2008
UNITED KINGDOM :
(XFN Asia) The Head of easyJet’s German unit, John Kohlsatt, stated that high fuel prices will trigger a rash of airline bankruptcies, leaving only five major carriers in Europe, Several airlines in Europe will go out of business… theoretically, 50 are endangered.
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29-May-2008
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet stated its CEO, Andrew Harrison, has lifted his stake in the airline, investing GBP496,000 purchasing 187,452 shares (Reuters, 28-May-08).
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23-May-2008
UNITED KINGDOM :
(XFN-Asia) easyJet Plc. said Standard Life Investments Ltd. has lifted its stake in the company to about 38.12 million shares or 9.05 percent.
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19-May-2008
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet launched a new three times weekly service from Newcastle to Murcia. Murcia is easyJet’s 17th destination from Newcastle. easyJet expects to carry 41,000 passengers on the new Newcastle-Murcia route in the first 12 months of operation.
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30-Apr-2008
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet stated it will welcome 450,000 passengers on its flights over the May Bank Holiday period. According to easyJet, the nation’s favourite destinations over the May Bank Holiday weekend are; Alicante, Faro and Malaga whilst Edinburgh is the most popular city break destination, with Amsterdam, Barcelona and Geneva closely following.
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30-Apr-2008
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet announced plans to introduce another new route from Manchester to Alicante in Spain. The new route will launch on 29-Sep-08, operating four times weekly throughout the Winter, with fares from GBP27.99 one way including tax. easyJet expects to carry close to 60,000 passengers on this new route in the first 12 months of operation.
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24-Apr-2008
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet announced plans to launch three new routes from Bristol to Biarritz, commencing 23-Apr-08, and Olbia and Split, commencing on 26-Apr-08.
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23-Apr-2008
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet announced the launch of its new route from Glasgow to Faro in Portugal. The twice weekly service, which increases to a three weekly service during the Summer period from 26-Jun-08 to 28-Aug-08, has fares from GBP23.99 one way. The airline expects to carry 16,000 passengers on the route in the next 12 months.
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23-Apr-2008
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet’s CEO, Andy Harrison, welcomed the Competition Commission’s interim report on BAA, stating that “it is a major step in the right direction. It raises the right questions and the UK’s air passengers deserve answers which put their interests first.”
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07-Apr-2008
UNITED KINGDOM :
easyJet’s Chief Executive, Andy Harrison, officially opened the carrier’s 20th base at Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport. easyJet’s new base at Lyon Airport is part of a EUR600 million investment over a four-year-period that will strengthen easyJet’s in France.
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01-Apr-2008
UNITED KINGDOM :
Following on from the new route from Jersey to Luton on 20-Mar-08, easyJet launched another new service from Jersey to Liverpool.
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01-Apr-2008
UNITED KINGDOM :
To celebrate its arrival in Manchester, easyJet launched an advertising campaign and an interactive orange which will tour the city and give Mancunians the chance to win easyJet prizes, including tickets and holidays to destinations from Manchester Airport.
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