easyJet has announced that EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg will be its next major airport base and has signed a long-term deal…
easyJet has announced that EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg will be its next major airport base and has signed a long-term deal which will guarantee low fares to consumers for years to come.
During the coming summer season, easyJet will base three additional Airbus A319 aircraft at the airport and will also recruit flying crews locally. This will make easyJet`s famous low fares available to the 4.4 million who live within 60 minutes drive-time of the airport and will create substantial economic benefit for the local communities.
easyJet already operates from EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg to Berlin Schoenefeld, Liverpool, London Luton and London Stansted and expects that 1.5 million passengers will use the airport in the coming 12 months. This number will rise significantly during 2006 as it is likely that easyJet will add more aircraft next year.
easyJet is in the process of negotiating a number of new routes from the airport, but is also inviting consumers to suggest where, within Europe, they would like to travel and why. Consumers can post their suggests to a special email address wohinvonbasel@easyjet.com or debalevers@easyjet.com . Those whose recommendations match the destinations chosen by easyJet will enter a draw of 1,000 free tickets to fly on the new routes during the Summer.
Those airports which want easyJet`s services and are willing to commit to attractive long-term arrangements should also get in contact with us.
Ray Webster, easyJet Chief Executive, said: We have been negotiating for many months on this deal and I am delighted that easyJet will be able to provide the long-suffering passengers who live in the area with a stable airline offering the lowest fares in Europe.
This is a great success story. Our existing routes have already proven exceptionally popular with passengers and easyJet looks forward to recruiting and basing flying crew at the airport, providing significant economic benefits to the whole region.
I must congratulate the management of the airport for putting in place a deal, open to any airline, that recognises the particular needs of low-cost operators – this is a great contrast to the management of Zurich Airport which is presiding over spiralling costs and dwindling passenger numbers.
easyJet is already the largest airline at Geneva Airport and this deal will make us the largest airline at EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg. As Swiss joins the other dinosaur traditional airlines by limping wounded back to Zurich it shows their inability to compete with easyJet and how we are quickly becoming Switzerland`s national airline.
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