Ah, fair enough. Fell victim to the old edit function.
Sorry Skippy!

Had many great days out with Liverpool/Essex crew, FWIW.

Winter routes (up to March) are on sale from tomorrow.

Well stampe.....I really think you're talking utter bull......t

Easyjet have modern , clean aircraft like Norwegian.

Easyjet have allocated seating....again like Norwegian

Easyjet have a fuss free check in process ....like Norwegian

Easyjet have great cabin crew .....like Norwegian

Easyjet have no wifi....but Norwegians is constantly dropping out and is not in all aircraft

Easyjets catering is worth every penny unlike Norwegian who charges €9 for a sandwich...

Easy jets OTP is better than Norwegians.

Norwegian has very few point to point routes unlike easyjet

So have you actually ever flown easyjet? I think not.

Easyjet's catering is worth every penny?? Aye right!

Any hints at new routes especially from BFS?

Sadly Ramper my employer occasionally inflict Easyjet on me the last one being Lgw-Cph on 13th February. I returned by Norwegian Hel-Lgw on16th February.My perception and that of my colleagues is that Norwegian have developed a quite exceptional loco offering such that competitors will need to up their game.I avoid loco carriers as much as possible.Norwegian have come as a very pleasant surprise the wifi has always worked well on my flights and entertainment whilst limited brightens the cabin.Maybe not what you want to hear but that's my experience! regards Stampe

I've never heard such rubbish about easyJet being a poor service/ bad experience.

Their on time performance (OTP) is excellent
Modern Fleet
Convenient Airports
Competitive fares
easyJet plus - good benefits with the card
Competitive fares

No they dont have wifi, that for me would appear to be the gap, but lets see how they fair at LGW, Aer Lingus have had rock bottom fares ex LGW and it didnt work. It wont work for Norweigan ex LGW on any routes except the Scandinavian routes where they are well known.

Carolyn McCall has said that easyJet will rigourously defend their patch at LGW and core markets. Welcome Vueling and Norweigan, easyJet will be completely up for the challenge. with some luck this move by DY will put other Scandinavian destinations on the map for easyJet in a market that to date has been a gap...

EI-BUD

I agree with Ramper1 on all points except the catering. I don't have a problem with the pricing on EZY's products, but with the quality of the sandwiches and hot snacks. Very poor. Captive audience pricing, I just paid £6.80 for a cider and a packet of chips (Boxsters I think they're called).

On the other hand, it was a packed flight, the CC were helping people stow their hand luggage, we pushed back a few minutes early and arrived on stand 20 minutes early, and as always the entire performance was professional and as good as you can expect when flying economy class.

I am about to have my first experience of Norwegian in a couple of weeks, it will be interesting to compare, I have heard a lot of good reports.

........but then again EI-BUD, you do work for easyjet.......:ok:

Thanks Zag23, but totally incorrect!!

hmmmmmmmmmm.............."Apart from based A320, we are getting lots of visits from other bases of A320! Within 2hours this evening there were 2 in and out, one left just ahead of my flight to ALC. "

And some of their excellent pilots being paid less than a bus driver for the privilage!

Honestly, whatever plane I am sitting on it is usually a relief after the airport experience!!

Well I dont work for or have shares in Easyjet but I love to fly with them. Very customer orientated and excellent to deal with.Ramper is spot on.. Unlike Norweigen, Easyjet actually fly to the sun with an extensive route network and a thankful absence of drop down screens showing cartoons and adverts :ugh:

I reckon Stampe had a bad flight once with them and will always hold these views..

Can't we live without internet access for what must be an average block to block time of three hours? Have we really come to that? I do understand that the time spent on an aircraft is 'dead' time but there are books, magazines, newspapers, Kindle thingies, neighbours to chat to, or just having a doze.

Apart from anything else, it's usually quite uncomfortable and awkward to use a laptop on a plane, I know a lot of people have smartphones and I-pads etc but ...... FFS ...... we sleep for 8 hours a day and the world doesn't end because we don't check our email and Pprune through the night!

And now ........
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...K8u_z-2_8A&t=1

I tend to agree.

Unless a interactive system like Emirates could be offered (yeh right..) then the screens are pointless in the aircraft as everyone would just watch their own stuff on iPads etc.

The few airlines that do have these drop down screens show pointless drivel anyway!

I DO fly for the company and so I know a lot of the ins and outs, but I also happen to fly as a passenger with them every weekend and, as I alluded to before, the only bit that bothers and stresses me is the airport experience and some of the staff at the airports.

Once I am on the aircraft I am on the home straight, which I tend to pass away playing angry birds or sleeping...

Capetonian
 

Agree with you fully, very well said.

The half year results are out: http://corporate.easyjet.com/~/media...e-05042013.pdf

The numbers look good to me with a halving of the winter losses to 60-65 M pounds, but the market certainly didn't like it. Shares down by 7%.

Traffic numbers look strong for March as well:

Monthly traffic statistics - easyJet plc

90.5% load factor and 5.3% increase in passengers carried.

EZY from TLV to MAN was cancelled yesterday. All passengers put up in 5* hotel in Tel Aviv. Good show Easyjet!

Anyone know the cause of the cancellation?

EZY219 STN-GLA due in GLA at 20:55 now showing ETA 00:55 on FID at GLA but EasyJet website stating ontime. Can anyone shed light to save me hanging around GLA for the next few hours?!