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13.07.04, 14:14
www.easyjet.com/EN/news/20040713_01.html
easyJet announces major new expansion into Central/Eastern Europe
Hundreds of thousands of passengers in Hungary and Poland will soon be
benefiting from amazingly low fares after easyJet today announced that it
will be adding a further six routes from the region to its network, and
promised more to come.
A total of six new routes, to start with Krakow and Warsaw, are being added
to the easyJet network. This will bring to 17 the number of easyJet routes
serving Eastern Europe, including seven from Budapest alone. In total, well
over 2 million passengers will fly with easyJet to/from the region in the
coming 12 months.
The routes announced today continue easyJet's major expansion into Central/
Eastern Europe. The travelling public in the region has already demonstrated
the attractiveness of easyJet with strong bookings seen to date on the
services to Budapest and the Slovenian capital Ljubljana as well as easyJet's
long-standing services to Prague.
Single fares will start from an amazing EUR 19 and will be backed by a major
advertising campaign amounting to about EUR 1 million in the first few months.
Seats will go on sale in the coming days at www.easyJet.com and will start
from 31 October 2004.
The new routes to be added are:
Warsaw - London Luton (twice daily)
Krakow - London Luton (once daily)
Krakow - Dortmund (once daily)
Budapest - Newcastle (once daily)
Budapest - Bristol (once daily)
Budapest - Geneva (once daily)
Budapest - London Luton (existing service increased to twice daily)
Ray Webster, easyJet Chief Executive, said:
"It was only two months ago that we started services to Budapest and
Ljubljana. We are now ready to continue what we started and commence services
on a much bigger scale. New services from Krakow and Warsaw show we're very
serious about expanding in the region and those loyal travelers that have
already got used to easyJet's low fares, great service and great punctuality
will be delighted to know that this is just the beginning. There is more to
come!"
"These new services will be backed-up by a major advertising campaign in
Krakow, Warsaw and Budapest and I know that these services at the amazingly
low prices on offer will prove exceptionally popular with all customers who
will make us the favourite low-cost airline in the region.
"Over the coming months we will also be working with the Airport company to
help reduce costs. Our experience demonstrates that low cost services are
only sustainable in the medium and longer term when airports and airlines
work together in partnership to dramatically reduce the cost of service
provision. This means aligning infrastructure and services with the
requirements of the low cost sector, 'right sizing' its capacity and working
with the ground handling agents to ensure efficient and competitive handling
services are available."
