It's seasonal, but there are ways to make it a profitable season full stop. Just needs the right routes and scheduled aircraft on them.

Stelios is indeed still not happy:

FT.com / Companies / Airlines - Founder seeks special dividend from EasyJet

So why do so many/nearly all airlines fail to make a profit over these months? Making money in specific months/seasons is not a trend curious to just the airline industry either.

You're right, there are certain routes/network changes that can be made. Reducing aircraft utilisation is even an option. Most airlines (and certainly Easyjet) impliment these changes. However, they are done primarily to reduce losses.

I'm not going to patronise you. You know that there is huge seasonality in the industry and by virtue it is difficult to make money in the low months but very easy to make money in the high season. Consequently, what do you think Easyjet does wrong in the Winter that suddenly corrects itself in the Summer?

As for Stelios. I don't always agree with everything Easyjet does believe me. However, this guy really needs to shut up or sell. Growth has been measured in my opinion unlike FR's huge commitment to Boeings. Don't get me wrong, there have been issues along the way such as LGW's appalling OTP/Operational Performance last Summer but this wasn't down to the growth rate of the airline.

Flying out to Lanzarote tomorrow afternoon from Liverpool and back on Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning 18th May. Are both flights going to be A320s? What are the loads like for Easy to Lanzarote out of Liverpool? Is there a lot of competition from airlines on this route from MAN?

A320 both ways.

Closest to competition is Jet2 and possibly Monarch.

The budget guys don't tend to touch MAN 'too' much - few Ryanair and Eqsyjet options from MAN - budget is really with Jet2 - TCX and TOM might also. But they are usually seasonal.

Thanks for the info. Any idea on loads for both flights?

122 outbound

Thank You! How many seats on A320 EZY? Is this a popular route for EZY from Liverpool?

EZY A320s fly with 180 seats.

How popular is the route? Because I dont have the breakdown between EZY and FR as yet I can only go by the route as a whole.

The route uplifted 6907 in Feb (CAA) and the combined number of available seats from both airlines in that month was 7344, which returns loads of an average 94%.

very popular for EZY at LPL. At the moment there is the usual lull between half term/bank holidays and the summer season. The aircraft is G-EZTV that will be operating tomorrow.

Typically, anything on the Easyjet network 4 hours or more will always be an A320.

JSCL? What do you mean? Few Easyjet options at MAN? 6 aircraft from this month and 20 odd routes.

Thanks for the info everyone. I didn't know FR also do the route. Checking out now, off to Liverpool in a few hours. Anything worth reporting I will post on my return.

Ezy a320
 

I thought the EZY A320s had 177 seats as row 30 DEF is a toilet.

No 180. Row 31 has just 3 seats. The aircraft could have been configured 180Y with the standard toilet positions but chose to standardise with the A319 by having LAV D in galley position. For the passenger, down to the mid 20's rows, the seat pitch always seems reasonable when compared to the 180 configuration on say TCX. Easyjet's seat pitch is usually classified on various sites as 29" but i'm sure this refers to the last few rows which are, admittedly, very tight. For the rest of the aircraft (A320 and A319) the configuration doesn't actually feel like very high desity. The wider aisle helps with that I think.

Allocated seating
 

Is there any more news about easyJet doing allocated seating, it was mentioned
a few months ago but nothing more mentioned.

I wonder if easyJet will ever do expansion out of Inverness or Aberdeen airports.

Surely there is demand for holiday destination airports from both these airports.

But is there a demand sufficient to fill an aircraft and is there sufficient in bound to justify it ?

On the main bucket & spade routes inbound traffic really is a non-issue. But yes, of course sufficient demand to fill an aircraft is of course required and with no base at INV and ABZ, it's probably unlikely.

Allocated seating. According to a communication a few weeks ago, it is still being considered along with other ways of "making the Easyjet experience better". Very generic but that quote was made in response to questions regarding FR's trial and whilst it's not very specific, it does indicate that allocated seating is a possibility in the short/mid term future.

Another (better) pic of the orange bird. It's the 200th Airbus for EZY. There are rumours EZY could announce a new order (A320neo) when they'll receive it later this month.
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Looks like they refuelled with Sunny Delight or Being Tangoed.