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Crash_and_Burn
8th Aug 2002, 07:28
EasyJet, Go Grow Strongly In July


EasyJet and Go, recently combined to form Europe's largest low-fare airline, continued their rapid growth in July.
EasyJet's traffic was up 61.7% while Go grew at 58.8%. Ryanair's figures were lower, at 41%. The large increase was due to the launch of several more routes, the airlines stated. EasyJet's July load factor was 86.6% while Go's aircraft were 81.9% full.
The carriers continue to operate as separate entities until integration is more advanced, which should be early next year.


Purly out of interest, is there any word on how the inegration of the two airlines is going to work? Co-located management etc...

FlyingIrishman
8th Aug 2002, 20:52
Easy/Go might be slightly ahead at the moment but they will certainly not hold that position in the medium and long term. Ryanair's cost base is so low that it won't be matched by anyone and by offering the lowest fares from secondary airports, a new market is created.

With traditional airlines fighting back and offering cheap seats on the same routes, the going will get very tough, however, FR will be safe due to a different target market.