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- Low-costs close gap on full-service rivals. // Travel Weekly: The Choice of Travel Professionals;4/15/2005, Issue 1765, p25
The article presents information on the growth of passenger numbers of various airlines. Low-cost carriers Ryanair PLC and EasyJet Airline Co. Ltd. gained more ground on full-service rivals British Airways PLC and the Air France-KLM Group in March 2005. Passenger numbers grew by 20% and 28.9%...
- EasyJet insists it's staying true to form. // Travel Weekly: The Choice of Travel Professionals;9/30/2005, Issue 1789, p18
The article focuses on the business plans of EasyJet Airline Co. Ltd. (EasyJet). EasyJet insists that it is staying true to its low-cost business model despite rivals' suggestions that it was abandoning its no-frills roots. Speaking at the recent Corporate Travel and Expense Management Forum,...
- Environmental divide. // Travel Weekly Australia;10/19/2007, Issue 70, p4
The article reports on the mixed response among airlines on the British government's plans to switch from Air Passenger Duty to an environmental tax on aircraft. EasyJet Airline Co. Ltd. welcomed the move, but Ryanair dismissed it as just another tax on passengers. British Airways PLC has also...
- Fares have my head in the clouds. Cooper, Nigel // Conference & Incentive Travel;Jul/Aug2008, p8
The author reflects on the differences of fares and other charges of low-cost airlines in Great Britain. He argues on why such air carriers cannot enclose taxes and other fees to its advertising campaign like the scheme of British Airways PLC. He cites the difference of the third-party airport...
- Airline sites see massive drop in UK user numbers. McEleny, Charlotte // New Media Age;11/27/2008, p05
This article reports on the drop in number of visitors to airline sites as a result of the current economic crisis, according to ComScore figures. In October 2008, British Airways (BA) experienced a 54% drop in unique British visitors. Other airlines that posted a drop in visitor numbers include...
- Eastern Europe gains no-frills routes. // Travel Trade Gazette UK & Ireland;6/29/2007, Issue 2773, p60
The article reports that several no-frills airlines will expand their Central and Eastern European routes. EasyJet has started flights from Newcastle, England and Belfast, Northern Ireland to Krakow, Poland. Meanwhile, Ryanair will add services from Nottingham East Midlands in England to...
- Ryanair beefs up Spanish network. // Travel Weekly: The Choice of Travel Professionals;9/24/2004, Issue 1737, p10
This article reports that the air carrier Ryanair PLC, is raising the competition stakes with Great Britain-based low-cost carrier EasyJet Airline Co. Ltd., by adding flights to Almeria and Valencia. Ryanair will go head-to-head with EasyJet in Spain from Stansted, England, introducing daily...
- Airline fracture? Keelan, Emma // Accountancy;Apr2006, Vol. 137 Issue 1352, p42
This article reports on low-cost airlines preparing to cope with the soaring cost of aviation fuel. Ryanair saw its share price slip 2.6% as operating margins were cut from 16.6% to 13.3%. Also, Easyjet announced it expected to doubles its losses for the winter season. By 2006, low-cost airlines...
- No-frills Knock out. // Travel Weekly: The Choice of Travel Professionals;8/19/2005, Issue 1783, p10
The article reports that Easyjet Airline Co. Ltd. and Ryanair Holdings PLC are battling over flights to Knock. The figures published by the Civil Aviation Authority showed Ryanair's Stansted-Knock 100% market share had slipped to 73%.
