EasyJet

easyJet (Code IATA: U2 ; Code ICAO: EZY ) is a Airline company with low costs.

Its official name is easyJet Airline Company PLC . It belongs partly to Stelios Hadji-Ioannou through its participation in the EasyGroup, a company registered in the Tax shelter of Jersey. It is a company of 3.500 employees which was created the October 20th 1995, thanks to a loan of 5 million books of the father of Stelios Hajo-Ioannou, a Cypriot ship-owner .

The head office is located at the Aéroport of London Luton, in a sharp orange prefabricated building. The majority of the roads are either interior (British) or between the the United Kingdom and other European airports. It decided to modernize its fleet by replacing gradually its Boeing 737-300 and -700 by 240 Airbus A319 ordered and quickly became the fourth European company after Air France - KLM, Lufthansa and Ryanair.

The company easyJet repurchased in 1998 40% of Swiss company TEA Basel, based with Geneva. This company becomes its subsidiary company and takes the name of EasyJet Switzerland. It was at the time in competition with Swissair before the latter does not go bankrupt.

It bought in 2002 its competitor on the low segment costs, Go Fly (subsidiary of British Airways). They announced to have sold for the year 2002 1 498 802 places. The main competitors of easyJet in Europe are Ryanair, Air Berlin, German Wings, Hapag-Lloyd Express and Transavia.

easyJet is an airline company more directed towards the business world than Ryanair, since it serves of the principal airports (rather than secondary airports) and recently removed the limitations of weight on the luggage cabin.

Float

In July 2007:

Boeing B737-700: 30 specimens,
Airbus A319: 95 specimens.

The Middle Age of the fleet of easyJet was 2,5 years in August 2007. From the end of June 2007, easyJet ordered on the whole 227 A319 with Airbus, of which 105 were already delivered.

Figures

easyJet exploits 258 lines, runs and average mail, serves nearly 70 airports in Europe. During the last twelve months, it transported almost thirty million passengers (+ 21% in one year) since its sixteen hub S. At the time of the last financial year (at September 30th, 2005), easyJet carried out a benefit of 62 million books for a turnover of 1,3 billion books. On the same flight, engineers establish 15 levels of prices, reached when the plane fills.

In 2006

the company posts a benefit record of 140 million euros (x3 in 3 years, better than Air France-KLM), and envisages an increase in its benefit of 40% per 2007
Trafic of 39 million passengers in 2006 (equivalent with the figures of British Airways)
Évolution of the prices: + 5,6% in 2006, with the price of the average ticket with 57 €

In 2007

a quarter of its passengers are from now on executives, that is to say 8,5 million passengers. It is besides what generated the change of behavior of the hostesses and stewards as a tailor and costume.

It is twice as much as in 2004.

Its price stock exchange was multiplied by 4,5 since 2004
Between the served European main cities, the tariffs are on average 40% lower than those of the competitors.
131 apparatuses in function for 75 airports served in Europe, Morocco and Turkey
2nd with the classification of the turnovers of Low Cost, behind Ryanair
At the end of May, the rate of filling of the intra-European lines is a record with 83,6% (against 80% for Ryanair and 70,8% for Air France-KLM)

the planes steal 11 hours per day
the stopovers last 25 minute when the crew undertakes cleaning

The magazine of edge will be removed in order to save time of arrangement of the apparatus.

Receipts related to the subscription-based services

During a hiring of car on arrival, the hirer out transfers 20% of the amount of the hiring with easyJet
It is necessary to discharge a supplement of 3,75 € to go up in first on the aircraft and to be able to choose its place, of 21 € to be able to reach the waiting rooms, of 54 € to get into the next plane without repurchasing ticket if the precedent were râté, of 10,54 € for a sandwich with a beer, of 7,5 € for an additional luggage
These services bring back 195 million euros, that is to say 8% of the sales turnover

Social

The social practices of the company are regularly blamed in several countries. Thus, in France, easyJet is shown of Travail dissimulated to make work with Orly employees under the Law the labor British.

the personnel, by selling services, can gain up to 200 € per month in committee
the pilots carry out 850 hours of flight per annum (against 600 for Air France)
the head office does not have a photocopier

See too

External bonds

Old Official site
Financial results
of the fleet EasyJet
Chart of the destinations of EasyJet and data statistical

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