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EasyJet plc (styled as easyJet) is a British multinational low-cost airline group headquartered at London Luton Airport. [3] It operates domestic and international scheduled services on 927 routes in more than 34 countries via its affiliate airlines EasyJet UK, EasyJet Switzerland, and EasyJet Europe. [4]
EasyJet UK Limited (trading as easyJet) is a British low-cost airline and a subsidiary of EasyJet plc. It was founded in 2017, after the UK Government triggered Article 50 to leave the European Union .
The company was established to expand the "easy" brand following the launch of EasyJet in 1995. The first use of "easy" after EasyJet was the EasyInternetcafé established in June 1999, [2] followed by EasyRentacar in 2000 which was renamed to EasyCar in 2000. [3]
Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou (Greek: Στέλιος Χατζηιωάννου, romanized: Stelios Hatziioannou; born 14 February 1967) is a Greek Cypriot entrepreneur.Born into a wealthy ship-owning family, he is best known for founding the low-cost airline easyJet and the Stelmar shipping line with start-up funds provided by his father, Loucas.
McCall became one of five female CEOs of a FTSE 100 Index company. [8] During McCall's tenure at EasyJet, the airline's shares almost quadrupled, [9] and McCall arranged for the airline to "snatch up pieces" of Air Berlin and Alitalia. [10] McCall's departure from EasyJet was announced on 17 July 2017 [11] after seven years at the company.
The airline was established on 18 May 1988 as TEA Switzerland and started operations on 23 March 1989 as part of the TEA group.In 1998, EasyJet acquired a 40% stake in the company, and it was renamed EasyJet Switzerland on 1 April 1998 [6]
EasyJet has announced that it is planning to re-register 110 aircraft to fly under the new AOC of EasyJet Europe by March 2019. [ 2 ] EasyJet is thus a pan-European airline group with three airlines based in the UK, Austria and Switzerland ( EasyJet UK , EasyJet Europe, and EasyJet Switzerland ), all owned or part-owned by EasyJet plc, based in ...
Lundgren became the CEO of EasyJet on 1 December 2017, [3] [4] [5] replacing Carolyn McCall.One of his first duties was to hire a chief data officer. [6] [7] He also hired a former colleague from TUI to create a hotel and loyalty scheme to grow bookings through easyJet's online websites. [8]