EasyJet - EZU

...***A Bit of easyJet History*** easyJet Airline was founded in 1995 by the now famous Cypriot, Stelios Haji-Ioannou. With a loan from his father he leased two Boeing 737-200 aircraft and began operating flights from London Luton, where the head office "easyLand" is based, to Glasgow and Edinburgh, using contractors to supply nearly all the staff throughout the airline. Stelios retired as chairman in 2002 but has now back on the board as a non-executive ...
...from London Luton to Aberdeen, easyJet took delivery its first very own aircraft and also starting operating international flights, the first of which was from London Luton to Amsterdam. Until this time, reservations for flights were made by telephoning the reservations centre based with easyLand. In 1997 easyJet launched their information website www.easyjet.com and a year later the online booking facility was available. These days, around 98% ...

baby_uk 24.06.2005 · Read full review
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So how easy is EasyJet ? Having just had the 'orange' experience whilst visiting Amsterdam, I consider myself in a position to set the record straight... {}{}{} Who are EasyJet ? {}{}{} EasyJet airline co Ltd was founded by Stelios Haji-Ioannou in 1995 to take advantage of the deregulation of the European airline industry. EasyJet is a cheap and cheerful, 'no-frills' airline that was floated on the London stock exchange in November 2000. You might ...
...EasyJet. {}{}{} Where do EasyJet fly from ? {}{}{} EasyJet fly from the following airports in the UK: Liverpool London Luton Bristol Edinburgh Glasgow Inverness London Gatwick London Stanstead Newcastle East Midlands You have 127 routes between 39 countries to choose from so you're spoilt for choice. The only thing to bear in mind is that each airport only offers flights to a select number of the countries which EasyJet offer - ie: you ...

T21AMY 18.01.2004 (02.04.2004) · Read full review
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...needed a cheap flight and Easyjet was my first port of call. I compared the cost with Ryanair and BA and whilst BA was cheapest for outbound flights, (£33) Easyjet was cheapest for return (£17) I considered it an absolute bargain and even if the flight went horribly wrong, it was only £17! *** The Company *** Founded by Stelios Haji-Ioannou in 1995, Easyjet has revolutionised European travel, making air travel cheap, and convienient. In such a ...
...One of the reasons Easyjet can offer cheap rates is that it doesn't have any overhead costs. Therefore, you can only book by phone or save £5 and book on the internet. I decided to book the flight in my lunch hour, and it really is dead simple; visit www.easyjet.com and you are greeted with the rather unattractive orange colour scheme readily associated with the Easy brand. You then click on the flights page and will see all of the latest special ...

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Easyjet is one of the more established budget airlines. The offer a no-frills (no ticket, no allocated seat, no free food, drinks or goodies) flight with all the same safety regulations that the regular carriers provide. For years my budget flights had pretty much been exclusively Ryanair, no doubt helped by my proximity to Stansted airport. For a recent trip to Budapest, Ryanair could not help, so we looked on the Easyjet website. BOOKING ONLINE ...
...a £1 fixed charge. Easyjet flights are non-refundable (although their website says this may be done on a discretionary basis in the event of bereavement) and there is a £17.95 fee to change a booking. Baggage restrictions change at the rate of knots these days and this is worth clarifying yourself before you travel, although I did find Easyjet e-mailed me regarding an update on toiletries which was helpful. Currently one 20kg bag is allowed in the ...

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As a former easyJet Cabin Crew Member I thought that I would write a review about easyJet and try to make it as unbiased as possible! About easyJet: EasyJet PLC is a short-haul low-cost airline established in 1995 by Stelios Haji-Ioannou and has come a long way from flying solely between Luton and Glasgow with two B737's leased from another airline. Today easyJet flies to 80 destinations and has 137 planes with a further 120 A319 planes on order. ...
...last financial year. EasyJet is 43% owned by members of the Haji-Ioannou family though unlike on the ITV series 'Airline' Stelios is no longer the main man running the airline. Andy Harrison is the CEO and is keen to make easyJet a more business-orientated airline and has made many changes. The airline employs around 4000 staff. Bases and Hubs: EasyJet's main base in London Luton (LTN) where the HQ is based. But the largest base in London Gatwick ...

Katieshaz 27.12.2007 (29.12.2007) · Read full review
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...Firstly, it will cover Easyjet in a more general sense, talking about it’s services and everything. I will also within this review cover my own personal experiences of Easyjet and tell you more about the quality of service I found. As you may or may not know, Easyjet were one of the very first Low-fare airlines. It led the way in changing the cost of travel to places such as Paris, Madrid, Barcelona, Nice, Amsterdam and many more. The idea of Easyjet ...
...it is very convenient. Easyjet now fly to the following places from LJL Airport, Basle, Barcelona, Madrid, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Palma de Mallorca and Amsterdam. As well as Nice and Belfast. As some of you already know, I have recently been to Paris and so I decided to use Easyjet as I already knew of a great hotel to stay in so basically I only needed my flight over there. I went to Paris in Christmas of 2002 on Easyjet and was impressed then ...

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...I booked a flight with EasyJet from Belfast to Amsterdam, arrived at 7:30 on the dot to check in, and sat in the departure lounge eagerly awaiting my call to board. It never came. EasyJet had cancelled my flight, without any announcement as I sat in ignorant bliss in departures with priority boarding card number 3. Needless to say when Cancelled eventually appeared on the screen, all the seats on the next available flights had been taken by the people ...
...good-will gesture to use with EasyJet within six months. I was delighted. It was much more than I'd expected, and redeemed my faith in EasyJet. So Who are EasyJet? What do they do? And Are they any good? *************************************************** EasyJet are a super low cost airline who primarily book over the internet. If you book over the phone it costs quite a bit more and isn't half as efficient. If you go to URL: www.easyjet.com ...

lulu2004 28.09.2004 (18.12.2007) · Read full review
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...Jet2.com and the return with Easyjet as that seemed to be the most cost effective way, until we realised that Jet2 only offered one flight to Paris a day and if the flight got cancelled it would severly impact our holiday so we opted for Easyjet as the offered more than one flight a day departing from Liverpool. *~*About Easyjet*~* Easyjet was founded by Sir Helios Haji-Ionnou in 1995. Easyjet is based at Hangar 89 a bright orange building adjacent ...
...on the ITV1 programme Airline. Easyjet was one of the first no-frills carriers to introduce low cost air travel using the internet to keep costs down and employing a limited number of staff to keep operational costs to a minimum. Easyjet sell 95% of their seats online and were the first airline to offer seats for sale online in April 1998. *~*Booking with Easyjet*~* Easyjet's website is where you will find the lowest fares and you can even set ...

KELLYLOUJ 13.12.2007 (12.11.2007) · Read full review
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...rail companies. I use Easyjet most frequently for domestic flights but have also used them to fly to and from various destinations in Europe. As a frequent business traveller, Easyjet makes my life much easier. I can fly from Glasgow to Bristol in an hour or so at cut price fares with a journey time of something like 80% less than the train or car could ever hope to achieve before you even factor in the inevitable delays. According to the web site, ...
...Scotland, you can fly with Easyjet from Inverness, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Liverpool, Nottingham, Bristol and London (Gatwick, Luton or Stansted.) The company also maintains a strong presence in Ireland, with flights from Belfast, Knock, Shannon and Cork. For me, this is absolutely ideal because I spend my life flitting between Newcastle, Bristol, Glasgow and Edinburgh. The only real disappointment for me is that the company doesn't ...

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...here's my review of the Easyjet flights to follow up from the review of the easyjet.com booking process. Arriving at your airport all you need to do is turn up at the check-in desk with your ID and attempt to smile at the person behind the desk, but at 5.35 am after having been driving for an hour and almost being late due to the queue at the check-in for your car parking that is a challenge. So skipping the journey and service at the car park (a ...
...in area C (where the Easyjet check-in desks are all sited) but couldn't find one with Glasgow on the overhead screen, which is always going to worry you at that time of day. Spotting the Easyjet customer services desk I headed across the concourse and saw right next to the customer services desk another Easyjet check-in desk with its overhead sign obscured by a pillar, peering around the pillar I find that this desk is the elusive Glasgow desk, all ...

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...May 2002 I flew on Easyjet from Edinburgh to Gatwick with my (then) 4 month old little girl. I had flown many times before but this was my little girl's first flight. Also it was the first time I had used a budget airline and the first time I had flown without my husband. Here is a summary of my experiences. I hope it will be helpful to other people contemplating flying for the first time with young children. Booking ~~~~~~ Booking online for ...
...one with me. I emailed Easyjet customer services for help and they replied within 48 hours. Apparently on the drop down menu for title they have Mr, Mrs Miss and Ms and then Mr + infant, Mrs + infant and so on. Fares ~~~~ I thought the fares on Easyjet were very fair. I booked online a month in advance and paid £65 return including all taxes. That was for very popular lunchtime flights on a Friday and a Sunday. Easyjet add a surcharge if you pay ...

fallen121 13.05.2002 (06.04.2004) · Read full review
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I recently used the easyJet service for the first time, and I was so impressed and pleased with the majority of the experience, hence my need to inform you about them. The easyJet company is part of the easy group of companies. You’ll recognise an easy company by its excessive use of the colour Orange. Perhaps the most well known is the budget airline that I’ll talk more about in a mo. The other areas of the easy group currently encompass ...
...now! I flew easyJet from Luton to Belfast International on the Wednesday afternoon and returned 24 hours later. This was a business trip, and my company will use budget airlines wherever possible. This makes perfect sense in the ever increasing tightening of the belts that occurs in the business world. The return ticket was booked over the telephone at a cost of £65.00. This I thought was very reasonable. The company are trying to move away from ...

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...LOW COST? Unlike most airlines, easyJet operate a reverse tarriff to most of the competition, in that the longer in advance you book the flight, the cheaper it will be. Flights can be booked up to around 6 months in advance via the internet, but only a month in advance if you to chose the old faithful communication tool and punch button automated operating system, the telephone. Flights booked on-line will receive a £2.50 discount each way, and ...
...in the North of England, EasyJet also offer a selection of flights from Liverpool. EASYJET appear to have invented ticketless airlines and all you actually need when you go to check in is your passport (for overseas, otherwise ID) and apparently your confirmation number - although they didn't actually ask for ours. Flight check-in opens 2 hours before scheduled take-off, and tickets can actually be purchased up to two hours before departure, although ...

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I fly very often EasyJet :it is the only 'cheap' airline that goes to Madrid and my family is over there. Before, there was Go, but usually came out more expensive. It is clear I do it for money rather than love but also because booking is so easy and quick. It happens that I find myself sometimes with a few days off at the last minute and not lots of money in my pocket neither the time to look properly for a flight. Then I got 2 options (I will ...
...course).They got some deals for EasyJet customers, so check website when booking your flight. It is also a smaller airport but I see it as an advantage: check in and getting to your departure lounge are more relaxed (not long distances, not loads of people). The flight: ########## The boarding systam is a bit peculiar. You do not have a seat number but a number allocated at check-in (something like your grocer's queue). First numbers (<30) will board ...

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Another flight with Easyjet with no problems. This was about our 40th trip with Easyjet in the last 5 years since I was made redundant. TOUCH WOOD, we are still not to experience any problem with them, I wonder why perhaps following the RULES Helps. First BOOKING. We decide where we want to go to, we then see which Budget Airlines FLY there, and at this stage do a bit of RESEARCH, after all is that not what the WEB is for. We check where the ...
...place and the cost of these. After all you would not like to FLY into LONDON LUTON, LONDON STANSTED and then seem surprised how far they are from TRAFALGAR SQUARE. After all this is OK for those foreigners to put up with but we BRITS should not have to put up with it when flying abroad. Next when booking, TAKE YOUR TIME check out all the Extras and if you dont want them make sure to click all the boxes to remove them. Why do you want TRAVEL INSURANCE ...

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