Easyjet and Liverpool
Easyjets CEO at Liverpool Andy Harrison said he sees no saturation point for growth in budget air travel – or in capacity at Liverpool John Lennon airport.The airline is the biggest by passenger numbers at JLA, carrying 2.5m passengers a year, and later this year it will celebrate its 25 millionth passenger through Liverpool since its arrival in 1997.It already bases nine aircraft at JLA and in June will add a 10th to service three new routes.Over the past three months we have flown 10% more people. “We have found it easier to win market share in a recession than in the good times.
“We are doing this in the teeth of a recession. In a more normal environment we expect to still move forward. There is no saturation point for us.”
Mr Harrison said Easyjet takes a longer-term view than rival Ryanair and sees long-term growth for JLA.
He said: “Easyjet is going to carry on growing in Liverpool.
“We have a much longer term philosophy. We don’t just move the planes around like butterflies.
“We have a number of ideas for Liverpool and there will be some new routes coming out in the next couple of months