Ryanair vs easyJet
Announced today, shock horror news! Is this the start of something bigger/smaller?
"Ryanair, Europe's low fare airline, says "Auf Wiedersehen!" EasyJet, after their announcement today (Thursday, 12 th June 2008) that EasyJet has started consultations with its staff on the closure of its Dortmund base where EasyJet has 3 aircraft and 11 routes. EasyJet started its base in Dortmund in 2005. Ryanair started a competing base in Düsseldorf-Weeze in 2007 and just 1 year later EasyJet announced that they plan to desert Dortmund, because they cannot compete with Ryanair's lower fares to/from Düsseldorf-Weeze."