easyJet lascia l'Irlanda


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easyJet targets BA business passengers with major expansion at Gatwick; New route to Glasgow and increased frequencies on six routes

easyJet, Europe’s leading low-fares airline, is targeting British Airways’ business passengers with a big expansion of routes and frequencies at London Gatwick.

easyJet is to grow by 10% at the South London airport by adding a new three-times daily service to Glasgow International Airport and increasing frequencies on a further six major European routes (Madrid, Milan, Cologne, Athens, Berlin and Amsterdam) as the airline continues to exploit its strong position and unique customer offering.

easyJet now offers its passengers more routes from Gatwick than from any other airport and will be 10% bigger at Gatwick this winter than the same period last year – having already added 3 new routes to Milan Malpensa, Marrakech and Split.

Since early 2002, easyJet has grown to account for 18% of Gatwick’s capacity, while BA’s share has declined from 47% to 38%. In the last 12 months, British Airways has withdrawn from six routes and has reduced capacity on a further six that are operated by easyJet.

This summer, easyJet will fly up to half a million passengers from Gatwick every month.

easyJet has succeeded by matching BA’s route network and providing a range of services at a much better price than BA. easyJet now offers:


Europe’s best hand baggage allowance (same volume as BA Club Class with no weight restriction)
Access to airport lounges for those that want to pay for it
Free transfer to an earlier flight if meetings finish early
Overnight check-in at Gatwick for early flights
Internet check-in (and 15 minute arrival time at the departure gate)
Speedy Boarding (£5 per sector) for those that want to board the aircraft first

The three-times daily service to Glasgow will start on 2 October and will bring the number of flights offered by easyJet between London airports and Glasgow every day to 14, with fares from £20.99 one way (£41.98 return including taxes). Seats will be on sale from today.


(sito easyJet)
 
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da quelle parti "pigliatutto" RYANAIR fa più morti che altrove....[B)]

Alla fina l'ha spuntata FR.

Queste erano le poche rotte in cui c'era una concorrenza spietata e diretta fra le 2, che per il resto, cercano sempre di non pestarsi troppo i piedi a vicenda.
 
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Dal 1 Ottobre easyJet abbandona l'Irlanda (EIRE).

Le rotte da Gatwick verso Knock, Shannon e Cork terminano il servizio in data 30/09.

Questi voli verranno rimpiazzati con la nuova tratta Gatwick - Glasgow che partirà il 2 Ottobre prossimo.

Quindi sulle rotte UK-Irlanda vincono Ryanair e Aer Lingus che estromettono Easyjet dal mercato irlandese.
Easyjet non è mai stata radicata in Irlanda, aveva tentato l'avventura solo per mettere i bastoni tra le ruote a Fr ma le è stato fatale...

Sara interessante vedere cosa succederà dal 2007 quando Aer Lingus uscirà da OneWorld e avrà quindi mano libera per concentrarsi su queste rotte point to point!
 
Altre news da LGW :

Frequency changes for the winter are being made on the following routes


Milan: increase to five times daily
Madrid: increase to four times a daily
Cologne: increase to three times daily
Amsterdam: increase to five times daily
Berlin: increase to twice daily
Athens: increase to 11 flights per week

Andy Harrison, easyJet Chief Executive, said:

“easyJet has grown dramatically at Gatwick over the last few years by offering its familiar combination of low-fares with care and convenience and has grown Gatwick to be our biggest single airport base.

“Given the range of services we now offer – from speedy boarding to the best hand baggage allowance in the business – it’s not surprising that BA’s passengers are flocking to easyJet in record numbers and today’s announcement will strengthen further our position at Gatwick.”


Non dico però nulla circa le cancellazioni, come d'altronde fa FR:D
 
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Altre news da LGW :

Frequency changes for the winter are being made on the following routes


Milan: increase to five times daily
Madrid: increase to four times a daily
Cologne: increase to three times daily
Amsterdam: increase to five times daily
Berlin: increase to twice daily
Athens: increase to 11 flights per week


C'è già stato un ampio dibattito qui:
http://www.aviazionecivile.it/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=8490
 
Comunque sei un vero segugio delle rotte cancellate, negli ultimi tempi non te ne sfugge una!;)

E non è mica facile perchè le LCC come giustamente dici, annunciano pomposamente le nuove rotte ma si "dimenticano" di citare le cancellazioni...[:301]
 
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Dal 1 Ottobre easyJet abbandona l'Irlanda (EIRE).

Le rotte da Gatwick verso Knock, Shannon e Cork terminano il servizio in data 30/09.

Questi voli verranno rimpiazzati con la nuova tratta Gatwick - Glasgow che partirà il 2 Ottobre prossimo.

Quindi, da quanto ho capito, gli aerei impiegati fino ad ora per le rotte verso l'Irlanda, serviranno per il potenziamento dei collegamenti da LGW verso MXP, MAD, CGN, ATH...

Sembra un puzzle: togli da una parte, metti nell'altra :D
 
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Quindi, da quanto ho capito, gli aerei impiegati fino ad ora per le rotte verso l'Irlanda, serviranno per il potenziamento dei collegamenti da LGW verso MXP, MAD, CGN, ATH...

Secondo me non sono sufficienti gli aerei delle ex rotte irlandesi per aprire il LGW-GLA e per tutti gli altri potenziamenti di frequenze, probabilmente baseranno altri nuovi aerei a LGW, si parla infatti di un deciso incremento della capacità totale offerta da LGW.
 
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Dal 1 Ottobre easyJet abbandona l'Irlanda (EIRE).

Le rotte da Gatwick verso Knock, Shannon e Cork terminano il servizio in data 30/09.

Questi voli verranno rimpiazzati con la nuova tratta Gatwick - Glasgow che partirà il 2 Ottobre prossimo.

Quindi, da quanto ho capito, gli aerei impiegati fino ad ora per le rotte verso l'Irlanda, serviranno per il potenziamento dei collegamenti da LGW verso MXP, MAD, CGN, ATH...

Sembra un puzzle: togli da una parte, metti nell'altra :D

Alcuni slots lasciati liberi dalla cancellazione dei voli per l'Eire, saranno appunto utilizzati per la nuova tratta LGW-GLA che durante la settimana è 3x day.
 
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Alcuni slots lasciati liberi dalla cancellazione dei voli per l'Eire, saranno appunto utilizzati per la nuova tratta LGW-GLA che durante la settimana è 3x day.

Hai idea se il nuovo MXP-LGW 5x daily sarà effettuato solo con aerei basati a LGW o anche (almeno in parte) con quelli di MXP?
 
É arrivata la conferma ufficiale anche da parte del Times..

Easyjet scraps Irish routes
Dominic O’Connell


THE low-cost airline Easyjet is set to axe flights on three key routes where it competes head-to-head with Ryanair.
Aviation industry sources say Easyjet is to drop its flights from Gatwick to Shannon, Knock and Cork in Ireland.



The services were started in January last year. Ryanair responded by launching competing services from Gatwick.

Easyjet’s decision is significant because the two airlines, the largest low-cost carriers in Europe, have to date largely avoided competing directly against each other.

The Irish routes were one of the few areas where both airlines offered services.

An Easyjet spokesman would not confirm the decision yesterday, saying that the future of the services was under review and that they would continue to operate until the end of September.

“We expect to be making an announcement on these services shortly,� he said.

But the aviation sources said a recent announcement by Easyjet of other services from Gatwick — extra frequencies to Madrid, Milan, Cologne, Athens, Berlin and Amsterdam, and a new service to Glasgow — had masked the end of the Irish routes.

Meanwhile, Easyjet has been forced to suspend sales of a new flight from Luton to Istanbul. The service was to have started on June 29, but has been put on hold because the Turkish authorities have not granted permission.

Flights within the European Union — which includes most of Easyjet’s route network — do not require approval by national governments. But Turkey is not a member of the EU.

The Easyjet spokesman confirmed that the launch of the service had been de- layed because of regulatory difficulties.

Easyjet’s chief executive, Andy Harrison, is understood to have flown to Istanbul to press his case with the Turkish government.

The airline has recently enjoyed strong growth in passenger numbers and revenues. Earlier this month it reported that it carried just short of 3m passengers in May, 15.2% up on the same month a year earlier.

The company has made several moves to attract more business travellers from full-service airlines such as British Airways, including the trial of a premium boarding service, internet check-in and increased cabin baggage allowances.

Gatwick is now the airline’s biggest base, ahead of Luton, where it has its head office, and Stansted.


Stelios Haji-Ioannou, Easy-jet’s founder, was yesterday knighted in the Queen’s birthday honours for services to aviation.
He joins a select group of aviation knights, including Sir Michael Bishop, chairman of BMI British Midland, Sir Richard Branson, chairman of Virgin Atlantic, and Sir Rod Eddington, the former chief executive of British Airways.
 
Ciao,

Citazione:An Easyjet spokesman would not confirm the decision yesterday, saying that the future of the services was under review and that they would continue to operate until the end of September.
“We expect to be making an announcement on these services shortly,� he said.

Allora, niente è stato confirmato ufficiale. Almeno, non ancora ...

(Ma io sono 90% sicuro che EasyJet abbandonarà l'Irlanda)

Simon