EasyJet’s board orders more aircraft just to tick off its founder and majority stakeholder
Photo Credit: Two easyJet planes at Faro airport in the Algarve, Portugal. EasyJet / curimedia
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If that's not disfunction, then I've got a few dozen mothballed Dreamliners to sell you. EasyJet's toxic relationship with its founder and major stakeholder does nothing but provide snarky websites with more ways to tweak the challenged low-cost carrier.
EasyJet is to defy its biggest shareholder, Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, and push ahead with plans to place a major aircraft order this summer.
The low-fare airline, which this weekend announced the looming departure of chairman Sir Mike Rake, is expected to seek shareholder approval for an order of at least 100 new aircraft. The carrier, which has a 217-strong fleet, could announce an EGM to vote on a propos
