EasyJet to launch new routes
British budget airline easyJet said today it was expanding its operations at its Luton base.
The no-frills carrier is adding three aircraft by the end of March next year to the 13 already based at the English airport.
EasyJet is increasing its fleet with an order for 100 Airbus A319 jets, which are due for delivery between now and 2007.
The airline is also planning to launch three new routes from Luton, which already offers 22 destinations. Details will be released in the next few weeks.
In a separate move, the airline announced last week it is launching services from Luton to Dortmund, Krakow and Warsaw.
More than five million passengers have flown with easyJet from Luton in the last 12 months and the airline plans to increase that to more than six million during the next year.
EasyJet also said it was adding four routes in October and November to the 13 it runs from Berlin Schoenefeld. The new destinations are Geneva, Krakow, Ljubljana in Slovenia and Madrid.
Chief executive Ray Webster said Luton had always offered a successful and profitable market.
“Today’s announcement reflects our commitment to London and the Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire regions,” he said.
“We intend to continue with our planned growth and envisage further successful development from Luton.”
