Zusammenfassung der Ressource
EasyJet
- In 1995 Sir Stelios Haji-loannu founded easyJet
- Began as a small airline that ran flights soley within the UK
- When the airline was established in 1995 there were only 2 aircrafts
- In 1996 flights to Barcelona commenced which consequently expanded the company
- Had the slogan 'Making flying as affordable as a pair of jeans'
- In 1997 they launched
their online website
- In 1999 the first series of Arline is shown on ITV in September
- In 1998 easyJet buys a 40% stake of Swiss harter operation TEA basel AG in March. It later renamed it easyJet Switzerland
- In 2000 they sold two
million seats online
- By September 2000
85% of seats are sold
through their website
- In June 2001,
www.easyJet.com was
named the second
largest UK travel site
- 1999 easyJet Switzerland moves to
Geneva, which becomes the third airport
bases and the first base outside the UK
- In December 2001,
London Gatwick
becomes the fifth base
- In 2002 Stansted, East Midlands and Bristol become bases
- In November 2003 they announced a new
base at Berlin Schonefeld, dramatically
expanding the existing network with the
addition of 11 new routes
- In 2004 easyJet was the first to take advantage of the
newly enlarged European Union by starting flights to
Hungary and Slovenia
- easyJet was first to remove the weight
restriction for hand luggage in 2004
- In 2005 (May) they introduced a
new group booking facility,
allowing passengers to book up
to 40 seats in one booking
- Hit their 100 millionth passenger flight in 2005
- Offers
500
routes
- People are travelling to other countries to work and then go home at the weekends
- easyJet has provided a service allowing tourism and immigration
- People can travel for business meetings and return in the same day
- Helps switch on places
- Improves economy in both host and source countries
- Connects places
- Tourism boost
- Cheap travel
- More freedom
- Culturally and ethnically diverse
- Improves trade
- Cultural identity may be lost
- Places such as Talinn may get a bad reputation. As it is now a tourist destination for stag and hen parties
- These
tourist
areas
can lead
to high
rates of
STIs
- Green land is destroyed where airports are placed which leads to protests
- Air pollution created causing an unclean atmosphere