UK Low Cost Carrier Easyjet has added 3 new destinations from Belfast International (BFS/EGAA) for Summer 2018. The LCC will offer flights to Naples (NAP/LIRN), Valencia (VLC/LEVC) and, in a contender for the shortest route on the network, to the Isle of Man (IOM/EGNS) just 67nm away from Belfast. The [read more]
Irish Low-Cost Carrier (LCC) Ryanair (FR/RYR) has applied for enough slots to base 9 aircraft at Berlin’s Tegel airport (TXL/EDDT) following a deal which saw Easyjet pick up former Air Berlin slots. Easyjet and Lufthansa both purchased aircraft and slots when Air Berlin collapsed earlier this year in a deal [read more]
Easyjet has agreed a deal to purchase part of Air Berlin’s Berlin Tegel (TXL/EDDT) operation. The deal, worth around €40m, will see the UK Based Low-Cost Carrier (LCC) take on leases for 25 Air Berlin Airbus A320 aircraft, taking over slots at Berlin Tegel Airport and preserving jobs for around [read more]
Lufthansa (LH/DLH) is set to buy the majority of bankrupt Air Berlin’s fleet and network including Fly Niki & Luftfahrtgesellschaft Walter. Air Belin filed for insolvency in August but has remained operating thanks to a 150m euro loan from the German Government. Talks have been ongoing with Lufthansa and Easyjet being [read more]
Easyjet (U2/EZY) has suggested it will be looking to the domestic German market if they are successful in the purchase of Air Berlin aircraft. The Luton based Low-Cost Carrier (LCC) has put in a bid for around 30 of the defunct German airlines Airbus A320 aircraft. The aircraft, based in the [read more]
After Norwegian, it now seems that EasyJet and Wizz air have joined in the bidding for Monarch Airlines. The offers were lodged just days after it emerged that the British travel group was plotting a radical overhaul of its strategy, underlining the urgency with which it is trying to find [read more]
UK low-cost carrier Easyjet has outlined its electric future together with electric aircraft pioneers, Wright Electric. Easyjet hopes that the collaboration with US-based Wright Electric will support its goal for short haul flights to be operated by all-electric planes. Wright Electric has been challenged to build an all-electric commercial passenger [read more]
Easyjet has launched Worldwide by easyJet, the first global connections service by a low-cost airline Designed to be a disruptive force in air travel Worldwide by Easyjet offers a simpler alternative to the costly and complex codeshare agreements of legacy airlines. Now passengers can connect with airline flights by launch [read more]
Easyjet – Inside the Cockpit is a new fly-on-the-wall series on ITV following trainee easyJet pilots as they take their first steps flying for the airline. Easyjet, the UK’s biggest airline, launched its largest ever pilot recruitment drive this year including a focus on encouraging more women to apply for [read more]
Low-cost carrier Easyjet (U2/EZY) has reported that despite passenger numbers being up 6.6% its profits are 27.9% down to GBP £495m. Easyjet blamed a series of “external shocks” for the drop in profits including terrorist attacks in Tunisia and Egypt, French air traffic control strikes and the loss in value [read more]
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