Tag: easyjet
What about the “COVID” rankings of airlines?
Until now, airlines have been ranked according to customer experience or punctuality. This year it will be very difficult to produce reliable rankings on these subjects given the very special context that we had. On the other hand, new...
Easyjet founder offers €5m to kill Airbus deal!
The situation is not improving between the founder of EasyJet and the management in place against the background of the cancellation of an order placed with Airbus in 2013.
As we reported some time ago, Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the founder of...
Will the COVID-19 be the death of low-cost airlines?
The fact that a major crisis will hit the airline industry in 2020/2021 was something expected but not really for the reasons we know today. We were expecting a sectoral crisis of overcapacity and not a global health crisis,...
What are the largest airlines in 2020 by capacity?
There are many ways to rank airlines: number of aircrafts, number of countries or destinations served, revenue or number of seats marketed.
This last criterion was used by OAG on the basis of the 2020 flight programs, and we...
Airport slots: what are they and how does it work?
You have surely already heard about the airport's "slots", if only at the time of the disappearance of Aigle Azur or XL Airways where the only interest of potential buyers was to get their hands on these famous slots.
Behind...
Is the electric plane for tomorrow?
The holy grail of eco-friendly and sustainable transport, the electric plane is for many the next great revolution in air transport. But is it realistic ?
The electric plane already exists
For some, the 100% electric plane is a utopia, and...
Passenger experience: low-cost is not the problem, low-care is!
Passengers have a love-hate relationship with low-cost airlines, which are both criticized for their service and praised because they make flying affordable for almost everyone.
An unfair low-cost bashing
We sometimes see what looks like low-cost bashing and although we...
French airlines on strike in early May?
The airline pilots' union (SNPL) has filed a strike notice from May 6 to 12.
The reason for this movement is twofold.
Professional representation and pension fund
First of all, the law on mobility which will be examined next May and foresees...
Alitalia: EasyJet gives up and the horizon darkens
After Delta, which is cautious, EasyJet has clearly announced that it does not want to participate in the takeover of Alitalia.
So Alitalia has been up for sale since September 2017 and nothing seems to indicate that the Italian airline...