Easyjet losing the plot at LTN
Ray Webster has said London Luton airport has been "overstretched'' in the last 12 months and that he will focus U.K. capacity expansion at BAA Plc's London Gatwick airport, the world's busiest single-runway airport, and East Midlands airport. All very strange since TBI revealed that Luton is running at only 50% capacity.
Maybe what Ray Webster means by this statement is that easyjet who are self handling at Luton have struggled to recruit enough staff with the wages they are paying and are suffering from a high staff churn. Rather than pay a few extra pennies an hour to their baggage loaders and check-in staff they see their future at congested Gatwick.
Or is it the thought of Ryanair basing a few aircraft at LTN that has put the wind up the old chief executive?
Last edited by LTNman; 7th June 2003 at 19:15.