AirTalk.org Aviation discussions newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Madrid becomes 17th easyJet base          AirTalk.org Forum Index -> Luton Airport View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Jim Mason Guest Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 5:18 pm    Post subject: Madrid becomes 17th easyJet base Madrid becomes 17th easyJet base (posted with express permission of Samantha Day, easyJet Press office) hursday 15 February Madrid becomes 17th easyJet base Two million passengers expected in 2007 Andy Harrison, easyJet’s Chief Executive, today officially opens easyJet’s 17th base at Madrid’s Barajas airport. The airline expects to carry over two million passengers from Madrid in 2007 on 18 routes - three domestic, thirteen European and two to North Africa. Four brand new Airbus A319 aircraft will be permanently based at Madrid Airport, the largest airport on the Iberian Peninsula, from February. The initial investment of 170 million Euros will create 150 jobs for pilots and cabin crew at easyJet. Spain is one of easyJet’s fastest growing markets. Last year easyJet launched 13 new routes to and from Spain and the airline has already announced a further 13 routes to and from Spain to be opened this year. Currently easyJet offers 79 routes from 12 Spanish airports and Spain now accounts for 29% of the total easyJet route network. Due to the additional traffic, easyJet’s ground handling partner Swissport- Menzies hired an additional fifty full-time employees, while maintenance provider SR Technics has opened a new Line Maintenance Station at Madrid Airport which initially employs ten people. In addition to new jobs at the airport, easyJet’s two million passengers will help create 2000 jobs in the Madrid area in business and tourism. easyJet’s order of 315 brand-new Airbus aircraft (including options) also safeguards the 2000 jobs at Airbus Spain. At a press conference in Madrid today, Andy Harrison, Chief Executive of easyJet, said: “easyJet offers its passengers very low fares – with care and convenience; a combination that no other airline can match. We believe Spanish air passengers have had to put up with high fares and poor service for too long. We aim to change this. “This year we will carry over nine million passengers from and to Spain, two million of which will fly through our base in Madrid. “easyJet brings four million tourists to Spain every year – more than any other low fares airline. These four million tourists spend € 3.3 billion in Spain. “Millions of customers have recognised the unique benefits of flying with easyJet, so it’s no wonder that we carry about 20% more passengers than Spain’s national airline Iberia.â€� In 2006, 8.4 million passengers flew with easyJet on routes to and from Spain – a 15% increase compared to 2005, when the airline carried 7..3 million passengers in Spain. This year, easyJet expects to carry over nine million passengers, which would constitute a further growth of around 15%. Last year easyJet carried about 33.5 million passengers, compared to 28 million on Iberia – making easyJet 20% bigger than Spain’s national airline. New services from Madrid: Route Start date Frequency One way fare (incl. taxes and charges) Palma 28 June 2007 Daily € 32,99 Toulouse 25 February 2007 Daily € 26,99 Edinburgh 25 February 2007 Daily € 32,99 Rome 23 February 2007 Daily € 32,99 Casablanca 22 February 2007 Daily € 26,99 Marrakesh 22 February 2007 Daily € 32,99 Lyon 16 February 2007 Daily € 32,99 Asturias 15 February 2007 2 daily € 32,99 La Coruna 15 February 2007 2 daily € 32,99 Existing services from Madrid: Route Start date Frequency One way fare (incl. taxes and charges) Milan 27 March 2006 2 daily € 26,99 Basle 11 August 2005 Daily € 32,99 Geneva 10 September 2004 2 daily € 32,99 Bristol 31 October 2004 Daily € 32,99 Berlin 31 October 2004 2 daily € 32,99 Paris 31 October 2004 Daily € 32,99 London Gatwick 4 September 2004 4 daily € 32,99 Liverpool 6 September 1999 Daily € 32,99 London Luton 10 September 1998 2 daily € 32,99 - Ends – For more information please contact the easyJet press office: -- Remove `spamtrapped` to reply off-list http://jim-mason.fotopic.net/ Back to top Andrew Scotland Guest Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 7:13 pm    Post subject: Re: Madrid becomes 17th easyJet base Still no sign of GLA-MAD.... 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