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EasyJet to fly to Tel Aviv from London Gatwick

EasyJet (easyJet.com) (London-Luton) has announced that it plans a third route between the UK and Tel Aviv. The airline, which already flies to the city from Manchester Airport and London Luton Airport, will start services from London Gatwick Airport from April 1, 2014. The new route will operate three days a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

EasyJet started flying to Tel Aviv in November 2009 from London Luton Airport. Across Europe the airline currently serves Tel Aviv from London Luton and Manchester as well as Basel/Mulhouse/Freiburg, Geneva and Rome.

The airline has recently announced a Berlin – Tel Aviv route which is the first since the signing of the Open skies agreement between the EU and Israel. In the past twelve months easyJet has flown more than 330,000 passengers into and out of Tel Aviv, 190,000 of those flew to and from the UK and next year this is set to increase further.

EasyJet has also increased its flights between Manchester and Tel Aviv from two to three per week between February 17, 2014 and April 28, 2014.

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EasyJet to start Berlin Schoenefeld-Tel Aviv service on February 4, pilots in France protest large profits and lack of sharing

EasyJet (easyJet.com) (UK) (London-Luton) will launch a new route connecting Berlin (Schoenefeld) and Tel Aviv starting on February 4, 2014 per Airline Route.

Meanwhile pilots in France staged a one-day strike yesterday to protest the large profits and the lack of sharing with the employees. The company reported its pretax profit rose by 51 percent in the fiscal year ending on September 30.

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EasyJet reports a 51% increase in full-year profit and a 17.4% return on capital

EasyJet (easyJet.com) (London-Luton) reported a 51 percent increase in full-year profits and a 17.4 percent return on capital. The airline issued the following financial statement for the fiscal year ending on September 30, 2013:

51% rise in full year profits; 17.4% return on capital employed

	2013	2012	Change
Total revenue (£ million)	4,258	3,854	+10.5%
Profit before tax (£ million)	478	317	+50.9%
Pre-tax margin (%)	11.2%	8.2%	+3.0ppt
Basic earnings per share (pence)	101.3	62.5	+62.1%
Proposed dividend – ordinary (pence per share)	33.5	21.5	+55.8%
Proposed dividend – special (pence per share)	44.1	–	–
Return on Capital Employed (%) ⁽¹⁾	17.4%	11.3%	+6.1ppt

EasyJet has continued to deliver sustainable returns and growth for shareholders delivering record profit in the year. easyJet has built a platform for future success including securing its future fleet requirements with Airbus through to 2022 and beyond.

Strategic progress

Drive demand, conversion and yields across Europe

Total revenue per seat grew by 7.0% to £62.58 driven by a benign capacity environment and positive management action including allocated seating, improvements to easyJet.com and the ‘europe by easyJet’ campaign.
Seats flown grew by 3.3% to 68.0 million as a result of easyJet’s disciplined approach to capacity, load factors increased by 0.6 percentage points to 89.3% and passenger numbers rose by 4.0% to 60.8 million.

Maintain cost advantage

Cost per seat excluding fuel increased 3.9% at constant currency for the full year (5.3% on a reported basis). 2.0 percentage points of the cost increase was driven by increased charges at regulated airports in Spain and Italy and a further 0.8 percentage point relates to increased disruption and de-icing costs. Inflationary pressures were largely offset by the continued success of the easyJet lean programme.

Build strong number 1 and 2 network positions

EasyJet has consolidated its presence in key airports with over a 40% share of short haul in key airports such as Gatwick, Milan Malpensa and Basel (2) and has built up its share of French regional flying and grown strongly in Italy.
EasyJet announced new base openings in Hamburg and in Naples. This was enabled in part by easyJet’s returns focused decision to close the Madrid base.

Disciplined use of capital

EasyJet ended the financial year with £1,237 million of cash, an increase of £354 million against the position at 30 September 2012. easyJet had adjusted net debt of £156 million.
The Board is recommending a return to shareholders of £175 million which will be in the form of a special dividend of 44.1 pence a share and is subject to shareholder approval at the Company’s AGM on 13 February 2014. This is in addition to the regular ordinary dividend of £133 million or 33.5 pence a share based on its existing policy of paying out one third of annual profit after tax.
Following the acquisition of Flybe’s slots at Gatwick, easyJet exercised the six remaining aircraft options under the current generation Airbus agreement on October 31, 2013 for delivery in spring 2015.

Commenting on the results, Carolyn McCall easyJet Chief Executive said:

“EasyJet has delivered a strong full year performance and made significant progress against executing its strategic priorities. The results reflect EasyJet’s continued structural advantage in the European short-haul market against both the legacy and low cost competition.

Our disciplined approach to capacity allocation has resulted in a meaningful growth in earnings, profit margin and return on capital employed and we have ended the year with a strong balance sheet and a low level of gearing. As evidence of our continued confidence in the future prospects of the business the Board has recommended to return £308 million to shareholders through the combination of an ordinary and special dividend.

We will continue to deliver our strategy of offering our customers low fares to great destinations with friendly service so that we can continue to win in a more competitive market. This means we are well placed to continue to deliver sustainable returns and growth for our shareholders.”

In other news, EasyJet today announced it will launch two new routes to Brussels and Strasbourg from London Gatwick starting on March 30, 2014.

The new flights will operate twice daily to and from Brussels and four times a week to and from Strasbourg departing on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.

The two new destinations, along with new routes to Jersey, Paris and Newcastle, are strengthening easyJet’s unrivalled business network from its largest base.

EasyJet will fly around 1.3 million more passengers per year from March 2014 to and from London Gatwick using the recently acquired slots from Flybe with around 300,000 of these passengers expected to be business travellers.

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easyJet, Airbus and Nicarnica Aviation complete the final stage of testing of the AVOID volcanic ash detection system

EasyJet (UK) (easyJet.com) (London-Luton) has issued this statement:

During the experiment the test team successfully:

Generated an artificial ash cloud over the bay of Biscay by releasing a tonne of volcanic ash using an Airbus A400M aircraft.
Measured the ash concentration with a small aircraft flying through the ash cloud
Flew an Airbus A340-300 fitted with the AVOID sensor towards the ash cloud and successfully identified the ash from distances of 60km as well as accurately measuring its concentration
easyJet plans to continue development with a view to mounting stand-alone units on some of its current fleet of aircraft by the end of 2014 thereby providing a solution which would mean we should not encounter the widespread air space closures of 2010 again

EasyJet, the UK’s largest airline, along with its partners Airbus and Nicarnica Aviation, has successfully completed the final stage of testing for the AVOID (Airborne Volcanic Object Identifier and Detector) volcanic ash technology through a unique experiment involving the creation of an artificial ash cloud.

An A400M Airbus test plane (below) dispersed one ton of Icelandic ash into the atmosphere at between 9,000 ft and 11,000 ft thereby creating conditions consistent with the 2010 eruption. A second Airbus test aircraft, an A340-300, with the AVOID technology fitted, flew towards the ash cloud identifying and measuring it from around 60 km away. The experiment also used a small aircraft, a Diamond DA42 from Dusseldorf University of Applied Sciences, to fly into the ash cloud to take measurements which help to corroborate the measurements made by the AVOID system.

The ash cloud produced during the test was between 600 ft and 800 ft deep measuring 2.8 km in diameter. To begin with the ash cloud was visible to the naked eye but dissipated quickly becoming difficult to identify.

The AVOID volcanic sensor detected the ash cloud and measured its density which ranged from 0.1 to 1 g m-2 – or concentrations of 100 to 1000 µg m-3. This is within the range of concentrations measured during the Eyjafjallajokul ash crisis in April and May 2010.

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easyJet announces 10 new routes

EasyJet (UK) (easyJet.com) (London-Luton) has announced 10 new routes which will launch as part of its summer 2014 schedule.

The new routes will operate from its London Gatwick, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Newcastle and Belfast bases to destinations across the UK and Europe.

There are four new additions to London Gatwick’s schedule with Jersey, Paris, and Newcastle strengthening easyJet’s unrivalled business network out of the airport. Important connections between London and Newcastle will be provided through new 6 per week services. Flights to Brittany, a region of France popular with British holidaymakers, will also add to the airline’s comprehensive range of leisure destinations.

Further choice is also being offered from Belfast International Airport with affordable flights to Bordeaux and Jersey. There are also four new routes launching in Scotland which will provide sun seekers with even more choice for travel further afield to both Heraklion and Bodrum from Edinburgh Airport or the option to fly to Split and Kos from Glasgow International Airport.

The ten new 2014 routes on sale now include:

London Gatwick to Newcastle – flying year round, six days a week from £35.49*
London Gatwick to Brittany – flying summer 2014, three days a week from £35.49*
London Gatwick to Paris – flying year round, seven days a week from £35.49*
London Gatwick to Jersey – flying year round, seven days a week from £33.49*
Belfast International to Bordeaux – flying summer 2014, once a week from £33.49*
Belfast International to Jersey – flying summer 2014, twice a week from £25.49*
Edinburgh to Heraklion – flying summer 2014, twice a week from £37.49*
Edinburgh to Bodrum – flying summer 2014, twice a week from £37.49*
Glasgow International to Split – flying summer 2014, twice a week from £35.49*
Glasgow international to Kos – flying summer 2014, twice a week from £37.49*

Copyright Photo: Paul Bannwarth/AirlinersGallery.com. Airbus A319-111 G-EZGL (msn 4744) lands at EuroAirport serving Basel/Mulhouse/Freiburg.

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EasyJet to open a new base in Naples, Italy in 2014

EasyJet (easyJet.com) (UK) (London-Luton) has announced its expansion plans in Italy with the opening of a base in Naples. The new base, EasyJet’s third in Italy and 24th in its European network, will be operational from spring 2014.

Having first started operations in Naples in 2000, EasyJet now carries more passengers than any other airline into and out of Naples. In the last twelve months the airline has flown 1.6 million passengers. From spring, the two aircraft based in Naples will enable easyJet to fly more than an additional 350,000 passengers meaning that annual passenger numbers will reach almost two million.

EasyJet will fly 20 routes from the base, five of those will be introduced in the Spring of 2014, and will offer 130 flights a week at peak season from Naples. The airline will fly additional frequencies on key routes such as London Gatwick with two daily flights.

Copyright Photo: Paul Bannwarth/AirlinersGallery.com. Airbus A320-214 G-EZWD (msn 5249) lands at Basel/Mulhouse/Freiburg.

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EasyJet to expand operations in Hamburg and Berlin

EasyJet (UK) (easyJet.com) (London-Luton) has announced that it will open a base in Hamburg as well as increasing its fleet in Berlin in the Spring of 2014. The announcement was made by chief executive Carolyn McCall at an event at Airbus’ facilities in Hamburg.

Building on its success to date in both Hamburg and Berlin, EasyJet’s new base will open with three A319 aircraft with the airline increasing its fleet in Berlin by an additional plane.

EasyJet will more than double its network from Hamburg with 15 additional new business and leisure routes on the top of its existing portfolio of six routes offering almost 170 flights a week during summer 2014. With more frequencies and early morning departures from Hamburg the schedule will make easyJet more attractive to business passengers.

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EasyJet to start Southend-Tenerife flights on December 13

Easyjet (easyJet.com) (London-Luton) will start a new twice-weekly from Southend to the island of Tenerife starting on December 13.

Copyright Photo: Paul Bannwarth/AirlinersGallery.com. Airbus A320-214 G-EZTE (msn 3913) arrives at Basel/Mulhouse/Freiburg.

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EasyJet to fly from London Gatwick to Jersey

EasyJet (easyJet.com) (UK) (London-Luton) announced today it is increasing its Jersey, Channel Islands network with the introduction of a year-round service to and from London (Gatwick).

From March 30, 2014 easyJet will operate three flights per day between Jersey and London Gatwick offering the choice of a morning, afternoon and evening departure in each direction. The new service will go on sale in September 2013 and means easyJet now connect Jersey with five UK airports – London Gatwick, Southend, Liverpool, Newcastle and Glasgow.

The announcement follows a deal secured by easyJet earlier this year to purchase 25 additional slots at Gatwick Airport from Flybe. Since this time, the airline has worked closely with the route development team at Jersey Airport to expand its operation in the Island and enhance connections to London Gatwick. The new flight will be operated by an Airbus A319 aircraft with the capacity of 156 seats.

Provisional schedule for summer 2014 – timings to be confirmed in September.

London Gatwick – Jersey		Jersey – London Gatwick
Depart	Arrive	Depart	Arrive
07:00	08:00	08:30	09:30
14:30	15:30	16:00	17:00
17:30	18:30	19:00	20:00

The introduction of a London Gatwick service brings the total number of routes the airline serves from Jersey to five. In addition to its exiting year-round services to Liverpool, Glasgow and London (Southend), the airline also introduced a summer service to Newcastle earlier this year.

Copyright Photo: TMK Photography/AirlinersGallery.com. Airbus A319-111 G-EZGI (msn 4693) is pictured in action at Amsterdam.

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EasyJet unveils new cabin crew uniforms

EasyJet (UK) (easyJet.com) (London-Luton) has issued this statement:

Passengers of easyJet, the UK’s largest airline will be greeted onboard by cabin crew in stylish new attire designed by designer Jeff Banks and his team of corporate wear specialists.

A choice of six new pieces has been added for the airline’s over 4000 cabin crew to choose from in addition to the current uniform worn onboard easyJet’s 1300+ daily flights serving over 30 countries after a comprehensive design, trial and production period of six months. It is the first time since 2007 that easyJet has updated its cabin crew uniform.

With over 3,000 female cabin crew and almost 1,500 males ranging between the ages of 18 and 68 years of age, the new easyJet uniform has been put together with style and comfort in mind. The end result is an easy to wear collection of sharp tailoring and flattering styles which will suit all shapes, sizes and ages of easyJet cabin crew.

EasyJet teamed-up with design consultant Jeff Banks at corporate wear specialists ICW Incorporate wear for the new look, outlining the importance of creating a uniform which would reflect the vibrance and spirit of the easyJet brand and the famous easyJet orange in a contemporary twist on classic styles to look smart and professional. Over 100 cabin crew from across easyJet’s network were then chosen for a series of ‘wearer trial’ tests in which they judged the new uniform on categories of design style and comfort, wash and wear performance, easyJet branding and customer reaction. The crew then gave their feedback on the new uniform, commenting on its look, feel, style, durability and whether fit for purpose after each wear onboard, shaping the decision-making process throughout.

The successful trial resulted in the addition of two dresses complimented by a new longer scarf, leather belt and leather handbag for ladies and a stylish new look waistcoat and tie for gents which have been voted a huge success by easyJet’s cabin crew and passengers alike.