EASYJET PLANS THIRD BASEThis month
EasyJet recieved a BAe ATP that doubled the
Glasgow based fleet to 2 and also increased the number of routes we serve from
Glasgow to 12 with new flights to:
Bristol
London/Luton
London/Stansted
Lyon
Berlin
Due to the positive results we have gotten from the ATP, we placed an order for 3 more aircraft that will be split with 1 each going to
Glasgow and
London/Gatwick and the 3rd will be used to open a 3rd base at
London/Stansted.
The
Glsgow based aircraft we be used to start services from
Glasgow to Madrid, Milan, Rome, Zurich and Munich. This is estimated to bring our market share to increase to around 90% of the operations from
Glasgow.
The
London/Gatwick based aircraft will be used to start new routes to Spain, Portugal and Scandinavia. We currently operate 22 routes from
London/Gatwick and with the addition of the fourth based aircraft, will significantly boost our operations at the airport.
We have decided to open a new base due to the very good profits we have made on the
Glasgow-Stansted flight. Also we feel this will help us to become a more prominent airline in europe by allowing us to expand from 3 different airports. We will continue to aggressively expand our operations however it is not sure whether we will consolidate on these 3 bases or continue to expand the number of bases. if the former does happen, our next base will become our first continental europe base.
Our Route Map:
London/Gatwick Glasgow
Currently we have a DOC of 2million and carry around 7400 passengers a day meaning that we are estimating around 2.13million passengers will travel with us this year. We are the 7th largest airline in europe in terms of value and we are the 8th largest airline
WORLDWIDE in terms of daily passengers.