Wasn't there a time when not overbooking was something certain low cost airlines advertised as one of their benefits? I thought one of those was easyJet?

This example seems particularly silly in terms of both basic morality and the obvious PR disaster.

Easyjet have been overbooking for more than a couple of years on basis of flexible tickets and people not showing up.

I suppose they've calculated that they can make £xxx extra per flight this way (I doubt it's as much as £xxxx) and that they don't think it'll cause that amount of ill will and bad publicity per flight.

I feel they might have that one wrong.

Overbooking is one thing; that's more than the max number of tickets being sold. However, with seat allocation it seems that a seta was allocated twice for the same flight. Surely this process was computerised. Howe is that possible? Or was there the dreaded human hand intervention? From the newspaper story, as published, it does suggest the rejected child passenger was not treated as sensibly as should have happened. He should have been 'kept under wraps' until an alternative flight was found. The airline screwed up it was their obligation to sort it out and take responsibility until it was. It would be slightly different for an adult.
What is ez's attitude to using cabin jump sets to solve problems? e.g. a broken seat that is deemed unusable at the last minute. Fly the pax, or off-load?

Easyjet Edi Schedule 2018
 

Hi,
Just seen alot of the easyjet schedule on thomas cook.com currently on sale here is edi

EDI-DLM is running Tues/Sat
EDI-HER is running Tues/Sat
EDI-PFO is running (Sat only From 26th may According to TC)Does anyone know if the Weds flight is running in begining of may ?
EDI-BJV is running Sat only from 26th may According to TC) Does anyone know if the Weds flight is running in begining of may?
EDI-TFS is running Mon (from 28th may)/Fri

If anyone knows any extra info in regards to the bjv as we are planned to get married nr bodrum on 3rd week of may and would like some info on it regarding days of opperation as time has been booked off with weds flights in mind and now my fiancee canot change dates if flights are not opp due to others in dept off at same time
Also guests have same restraints now time is booked off .if required you can private message me

3 A320 were delivered the last days:

G-EZRM 25th July
G-EZRK 26th July
G-EZRL 27th July

In total the fleet consists about almost 280 aircraft.

Will be hard for EZY to base additional aircraft at airports like LGW, LTN, AMS, LIS, ORY or SXF in the near future due to lack of slots / lack of terminal capacity.

Any rumours about new bases e.g. Nantes, Bordeaux, Lille, Bilbao, Vienna or even Zurich ?

Surely Vienna has to be the top of that list, and maybe one or two French cities - could you even add Nice to that list? Wouldn't surprise me if more aircraft were put in Venice. Also what happened to Birmingham?

Nice already is a base.

Mentioning Nice.....staff handy with their fists it is reported.

EasyJet passenger holding baby 'punched by airport worker' - ITV News

Nothing to do with Easy, I suspected they are a little pi$$ed at their name being linked to this.

Well, a certain dame should be able to ensure generous airtime to EZY to (correctly) clear their name from the particular media organisation in question. Isn't irony a marvelous thing!

I've been thinking about easyJets future a lot recently, partly prompted by the posts in this thread and discussions about its position in Stansted, which all have a point but seemed unnecessarily negative to me.

What do people think easyJets future might look like? To stick my neck out...

-It is very cash rich
-It likes a leading role in markets (which is only sensible for marketing), but it's hard to acquire these with organic growth in a developed market
-It is sensible for it to grow a little...
-... but in a low risk way as investors do not universally agree
-It seems to have lost the golden touch when it comes to organic growth
-It needs to not become an Air Berlin with no place in either low cost or premium markets
-It has the organisational ability to deal with mixed fleets and to successfully integrate acquisitions

-In view of most of the above Jet2 would be a great acquisition?

EasyJet Airbus really fleet isn't compatible with Jet2 for there to be an effective acquisition which is highly unlikely in my opinion.

I think Monarch would make better sense for them than Jet2, purely for the scarce peak slots at LGW and LTN.

Wizzair? Same type a/c same type market.

Acquisitions are notoriously difficult to do successfully, although managers always try to tell us how well they are doing. It's very easy to destroy value rather than create it, so to proceed with an acquisition, the purchaser must have a very clear strategy, which is supported by the acquisition.
In the case of EZY buying GB, they were buying slots and routes at Gatwick, not the aircraft.
I tend to agree that EZY would be more likely to buy Monarch for its routes and slots at LGW, LTN and MCR than for its fleet. A purchase of Jet2 would give slots at STN, NCL, GLA & BHX that EZY don't want, or don't need to buy. They certainly don't want the Jet2 fleet.

I agree Monarch would be the better choice...

I`m surprised both easyJet and / or Jet2 havent snapped Monarch up already...

It's not just Jet2/Monarch - but you could also add Meridiana/Volotea/Croatian/Alitalia and even parts of the Norwegian network if they start to retreat from SH.

Unless they've got slots at constrained airports, why buy these airlines? Just go and park your tanks on their lawn...

can anyone point me to the site for easyjet assessment centre information, what to expect etc. with test and sim ride