BombardierCR7
13th Feb 2004, 23:58
From the easy jet website.
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easyJet today announced that it is establishing Dortmund International Airport as its next European base. As part of the airline's expansion plans for Germany the airline will introduce eight routes, with three aircraft operating from Dortmund.
easyJet today confirmed six of the routes, and the remaining two will be announced shortly.
Europe's leading low cost airline will operate twice-daily services to Paris (Charles de Gaulle) and London Luton Airport, and daily services to Nice, Palma (Majorca), Alicante, and Rome (Ciampino). One-way fares will start at EUR 19 including all taxes and charges.
Flights will commence at the end of May 2004 and will be available for sale later today, here on www.easyJet.com.
Dortmund is the gateway to the vast and wealthy Rhine/Ruhr industrial catchment - representing a market with huge inbound and outbound potential: two million people visited the city of Essen alone last year. In total, some 11 million people live within 60 minute's drive-time of the airport - an area that also includes the major cities of Essen and Düsseldorf and is roughly the same population as London. GDP per head at EUR 25,000 is significantly ahead of the European average and more than one-fifth of all Germany's GDP comes from the area.
Two new routes, from Berlin Schönefeld to Basel and Budapest were also announced today.
The twice-daily service to Basel will start on 20 May 2004, and the daily service to Budapest commences on 17 June 2004. One way fares for both routes start from EUR 25.99 (EUR 51.98 return including taxes and charges), representing a huge saving for customers compared to the high fares charged by the traditional airlines.
These new services increase the total number of easyJet routes to 145, from 43 major airports throughout Europe, including 13 bases.
Ray Webster, said:
"It was only a couple of months ago that we announced our intention to significantly enter the German market with a substantial base of operation at Berlin. Today's announcement further strengthens our position in Germany - particularly in the vast and wealthy industrial heartland of the Rhine/Ruhr valley with its massive catchment area.
"This is yet another step in the planned growth of easyJet and the fact that we can start eight new routes using three aircraft by opening up a single new airport underlines why we put so much emphasis on network density and the joining-the-dots element of our growth strategy."
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easyJet today announced that it is establishing Dortmund International Airport as its next European base. As part of the airline's expansion plans for Germany the airline will introduce eight routes, with three aircraft operating from Dortmund.
easyJet today confirmed six of the routes, and the remaining two will be announced shortly.
Europe's leading low cost airline will operate twice-daily services to Paris (Charles de Gaulle) and London Luton Airport, and daily services to Nice, Palma (Majorca), Alicante, and Rome (Ciampino). One-way fares will start at EUR 19 including all taxes and charges.
Flights will commence at the end of May 2004 and will be available for sale later today, here on www.easyJet.com.
Dortmund is the gateway to the vast and wealthy Rhine/Ruhr industrial catchment - representing a market with huge inbound and outbound potential: two million people visited the city of Essen alone last year. In total, some 11 million people live within 60 minute's drive-time of the airport - an area that also includes the major cities of Essen and Düsseldorf and is roughly the same population as London. GDP per head at EUR 25,000 is significantly ahead of the European average and more than one-fifth of all Germany's GDP comes from the area.
Two new routes, from Berlin Schönefeld to Basel and Budapest were also announced today.
The twice-daily service to Basel will start on 20 May 2004, and the daily service to Budapest commences on 17 June 2004. One way fares for both routes start from EUR 25.99 (EUR 51.98 return including taxes and charges), representing a huge saving for customers compared to the high fares charged by the traditional airlines.
These new services increase the total number of easyJet routes to 145, from 43 major airports throughout Europe, including 13 bases.
Ray Webster, said:
"It was only a couple of months ago that we announced our intention to significantly enter the German market with a substantial base of operation at Berlin. Today's announcement further strengthens our position in Germany - particularly in the vast and wealthy industrial heartland of the Rhine/Ruhr valley with its massive catchment area.
"This is yet another step in the planned growth of easyJet and the fact that we can start eight new routes using three aircraft by opening up a single new airport underlines why we put so much emphasis on network density and the joining-the-dots element of our growth strategy."