Easyjet - 3

[Seljuk22]

MAN: EZY said that there will be 5 aircrafts by the end of 2010. But what (A319 or A320 from GB Airways) and what routes I don't know.

[OliWW]

I heard that easyJet are getting rid of the A320's and A321's they brought of GB by the end of january 2009 and aren't painting any of them into easyjet's full colours. Not sure why because they add extra capacity on routes... any other info on this?

[markrl]

I wonder if they are making preperations for the anticipated hard economic times ahead as Gordon Browns economic bubble finally bursts and the recession hits home large.

BTW very informative email from EasyJet re Bucharest

[ncleflights]

markrl - I suspect EZY like most airlines are making preparations for the hard times ahead however I suspect that EZY unlike other airlines including FR are in a fairly strong position as their frequencies attract a lot of business traffic whilst other locos rely alot more heavily on the leisure business which I supsect is where we will see the biggest reduction.

[22/04]

I also think the GB aircraft specification may be sufficently different to make it a good idea to lose them, in the name of commonality of seats offered ops etc.

[heebeegb]

First GB Easy a/c TOB just finished its interim paint job. Blue belly, orange tail and more seats. All the others to follow in turn.

[Flitefone]

easy strategy

Fellow Pruners might find this interview with the CEO an interesting read. It answers many questions... and a good piece of writing too

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles...t-easyjet.html

[OltonPete]

Provisional route analysis March (Belfast)

Belfast Aldergrove figures are now out and provide some interesting reading for easyjet: -

Bristol 2008 18453 2007 20156
Edinburgh 2008 21261 2007 26684
Glasgow 2008 20068 2007 26354
Luton 2008 22453 2007 31443
Liverpool 2008 35863 2007 41462
Stansted 2008 27756 2007 31056
Gatwick 2008 30905 2007 32711 -

Down in total by 33000+

Stansted - Belfast City 28919 up from 7723
Gatwick - Belfast City 16889 up from 15333
Edinburgh and Glasgow to Belfast City were up as well.

I assume that this is due to a mix of less rotations & Ryanair moving
in to BHD but I would have thought Easter would have helped a bit.

I know the punctuality stats from the CAA will show the number of
rotations but these won't be out for a few months yet.

flybe also holding their own against easyjet at LGW, EDI & GLA but
less so at bhx against baby although they just pipped them to pax flown.

Pete

[cesare.caldi]

Why Easyjet close LGW-OTP? Bad load factor?

[SilverCityKid]

Andy Harrison

Andy Harrison seems to be making a good job of CEO for Easyjet.

I work for RAC, and Andy was CEO of RAC before joining Easyjet.
He seems to have brought the same Core Values to Easyjet that we had,(and still have) at RAC.

Before Andy joined Easyjet there was lots of gloom and despondency on PPrune, because he was not an "Airline" man.

What do the staff now think of Andy, compared with Ray Webster ?, is he doing a good job for the company and the staff??

[easydan319]

Andy Harrison is a great CEO. I work for easyJet as cabin crew. Generally most people have a lot or respect for Andy. Every year when we have recurrent training, Andy or one of the other leading directors set aside a time to come and talk to us and ask us how we feel and what problems we are facing. Andy also introduced the 'Pulse' survey which we do every year, to find out how we can improve and what our views are. He actually seems to care how we fell compared to Ray Webster who was a complete . Ray Websters most famous comment being "I don't really care what our cabin crew think. They only have a shelf life of 2 years!"

[Airbourne-Adamski]

Andy is great, many times I have emailed him with issues onboard and every occassion he has emailed back with an explanation as to what he is going to do about it.

I find he is very people focused a top man

[ReallyAnnoyed]

AH may seem friendly and approachable, but never forget that he is a manager. His job is to squeeze the employees as far as possible stopping just short of a rebillion. He may be a vast improvement over RW, but he will never be your friend. He is the top manager. Keep that in mind

[markrl]

To change the subject again in reply to the earlier poster from Miilan re Bucharest, no one has been able to give a definitive answer to this. Whatever the reason I think we can be pretty sure its not poor loads. Since the removal of the Visa entry requirements into the UK for Romanians demand on this route has gone through the roof. Tarom have even put their large Airbus A310 aircraft (formally used on their now abandoned service to New York) on the route to Heathrow in place of the smaller 737. I'm pretty sure this must be to do with landing slots and costs at OTP or Baneasa. EasyJet have had to refund many people who bought tickets after 1 June 2008 so this was obviously not in the original game plane. Presumably the reason for stopping the service is quite a sensitive one as EasyJet are stonewalling anyone who sends an email asking why with a bland meaningless reply.

[BAladdy]

Also BA now operate LHR-OTP 3 x daily. Might have something to do with it aswell

[Sark]

Anyone know when the winter flights of EasyJet become available online?

[hoo haa]

I am just back from easter in Romania. We flew Easyjet, the load factor was about 99% both ways as it has been on all previous flights we have done on this route.
Interestingly I spoke to the handling agents at Gatwick and the flight attendants on the flight back from Bucharest. Neither were aware that the route was to be cancelled.
I chatted to the guy on the flight about the situation regarding the change of airports to Baneasa in Bucharest and he said that the airport didnt match up to UK airline safety requirements which is why they hadnt changed airports.
Still the whole affair does sem rather strange and annoying

[markrl]

I think some of the airport switches which have effected a few of the cheap and nasty airlines were runway resurfacing work at Banaesa and the recent NATO conference arrivals at Otopeni.

This has nothing to do with economics its all about politics. I'm pretty sure just like rust on a Fiat EasyJet will be back in due course. They may have to grease a few wheels at the Romanian CAA to help things along

[parky747]

EZY Manchester

Anyone have any info on when EZY plan to add further a/c to the MAN ops.
Now that MAN is a base, would they perhaps be considering routes to say MAD using MAD based a/c?
Hope that EZY make a good go at MAN, its about time the airport had a committed airline that have clout to deliver!

[LGS6753]

ATW are reporting Andy Harrison as saying that EZY have put up for sale the 8 ex-GB A321s. He also confirms discussion with Airbus to change A319 orders to A320.