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EasyJet targets business travelers as it trimmed first-half losses
TransportEasyJet Plc, Europe’s second-largest discount carrier, said it will deliver improved returns and profitability in the full year after a drive to secure more business travelers helped pare first-half losses. Revenue per seat for the second half to Sept. 30 is likely to gain 4 percent, Luton, England-based EasyJet said today. The pretax loss for [...]
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EasyJet plans to trial volcanic ash detection system with real Icelandic dust
TransportEasyJet Plc, Europe’s No. 2 discount carrier, plans to create an artificial ash cloud with partners Airbus SAS and Nicarnica Aviation in August to trial a detection system designed to help jets avoid volcanic dust. The test, to be carried out at 30,000 feet, will involve one jet releasing dust gathered from Icelandic volcanoes into [...]
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These are the new fees that UK airlines are hitting travelers with
TransportAn annual study by TravelSupermarket, the price comparison website, revealed those carriers whose fees for “optional” services, including checked luggage and allocated seating, have risen most sharply. The largest increase in baggage fees was by Thomson. The airline’s charge has gone up by 47 per cent since 2012, from £15 per person per flight to [...]
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EasyJet follows Ryanair’s lead and kills the airport check-in desk
TransportThe low-cost airline easyJet is bringing what was once a great tradition to an end when it this week consigns check-in desks to the history books. Check-in desks once epitomised all that was glamorous about air travel, when passengers were greeted by well-heeled air hostesses on the first stage of their journey. In more recent [...]
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Best travel ads this week: 5 inspiring videos that soar
TransportIt’s time airlines become more creative with their advertising. They’ve found a way to make dull safety videos engaging, but ads still show the same generic images of people and attractions at carriers’ destinations. Is it the public’s growing despise for flying that keeps airlines’ advertising agencies’ focus on the ground? Or is there just [...]
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EasyJet cuts first half losses in half as Easter bookings come in strong
TransportEasyJet Plc, Europe’s second-largest discount carrier, said it narrowed its first-half loss as winterly weather in much of Western Europe spurred a rush of late bookings for the Easter holiday. The pretax loss for the six months ended March 31 was in the range of 60 million pounds to 65 million pounds ($91 million-$99 million), [...]
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EasyJet is doing better than ever, but expect bumpy executive transition
TransportWhoever takes over from Sir Mike Rake at easyJet, he or she will face a tough job. Clearly, the airline is vastly different from the one that Sir Mike inherited when he joined the board in the summer of 2009 – becoming chairman six months later, on January 1, 2010. The company’s fortunes are vastly [...]
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EasyJet continues move into European business routes with Rome-Milan launch
TransportAlitalia SpA’s monopoly over flights linking Rome Fiumicino and Milan Linate airports ends today as discount operator EasyJet Plc commences services between Italy’s capital city and its biggest financial center. Europe’s second-largest low-cost carrier will offer five daily services with a lead-in fare of 59.50 euros ($77.19) per round-trip. Alitalia averages 60 weekday connections, every [...]
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EasyJet closes airport ticket desks to drive online check-ins
TransportEasyJet is to close all its airport check-in desks, in an attempt to encourage more passengers to check in online. The desks will be replaced by bag-drop desks, for those fliers wishing to travel with checked luggage, from April 30. Passengers who forget to check in online will still be able to do so at [...]
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EasyJet coming of age as it challenges British Airways with inaugural Moscow flight
TransportEasyJet Plc’s inaugural flight to Moscow today will see the U.K. discount carrier go head-to-head with British Airways as it targets a bigger share of Europe’s lucrative business-travel market. EasyJet will serve Moscow twice-daily from London Gatwick and four times a week from Manchester after winning route rights by guaranteeing a 125-pound ($186) round-trip fare [...]
