Originally Posted by
dirk85
And by the way, easyJet is not downsizing by 51 planes. Now they have 337 planes in the fleet, and they plan to have 302 at the end of FY21. That's a 12% reduction. They were supposed to have 350+ by the end of 2021. Funny way to put the numbers, but the fleet reduction mentioned in the press release was based on hypothetical future fleet numbers.
They are probably going to get rid of all the lease aircraft in the very short term, which would be commensurate with the immediate need for the 30% reduction in staff, assuming they are planning about a 25% productivity increase for the remaining crew. Then the remaining deliveries will build the fleet back up to 300 for the end of 2021 with the plan to park many of them ready for gradual increases in demand from 2022 to 2023.