easy follow Ryan to the Baltics- and cuts routes it competes directly with other LCC
EasyJet to begin flights from Tallinn, Riga; cease London-Milan Linate route
LONDON (AFX) - EasyJet PLC (LSE: EZJ.L - news) said it is due to start services from the Baltic states of Estonia and Latvia in October and November and added it is to cease flight from London Stansted to Milan Linate.
In a statement, the low-cost airline said it will fly from Tallinn to Berlin Schoenefeld and London Stansted, starting on Oct 27 and Nov 1, respectively and from Riga to Berlin Schoenefeld from Nov 18.
The new routes will bring the easyJet network to 181 routes, it added.
EasyJet also announces that it will cease flying to Milan Linate from London Stansted from the end of Oct 2004.
'Despite the high-profile problems at Alitalia (Milan: AZPIa.MI - news) , services to Milan Linate continue to be highly constrained with no prospect of greater access to slots,' easyjet said.
Slots used by easyJet to fly to Stansted, London Gatwick and Paris Orly are all within an identical time period, which prevents easyJet from building a sufficiently competitive schedule, it said.
'The lack of attractive slots at Milan leaves easyJet with no choice but to rationalise its twin services to Stansted and Gatwick. This means that the Gatwick and Paris Orly to Milan Linate services remain unchanged,' it added.
But it cuts the above Route- which it shared with FR- also cust AMS-BCN and AMS-NCE which it shared with Basiqair. ALSO custs CPH-NCL & CPH-BRS