Easyjet

Easyjet was founded by Stelios Haji-Ioannou . They were incorporated in March 1995. They set out to provide low-cost scheduled air services within Europe. At the time the advertising campaign said, "Making flying as affordable as a pair of jeans - £29 one way". They had had two leased Boeing 737-200 aircraft. On January 1996, they beganthe travel service from Luton to Aberdeen. The same year, they took control of their first owned aircraft. In April they went international with services to Amsterdam from London Luton. Later they began to travel between Nice and Barcelona from London Luton.

In December of 1997, they started service to Geneva from Luton. In July 1999, Easyjet initiated services from Geneva to Nice, Amsterdam and Barcelona. In January of 2001Easyjet started three new routes from Amsterdam to Belfast, Edinburgh and Nice. In April they announce how much they will expand their routes. They will have five new services which will be Amsterdam to Barcelona and Glasgow; Belfast to Edinburgh and Glasgow; and London Gatwick to Nice. Over the next couple years they continue to add new services.

Easyjet keeps their costs low so that traveling is very affordable. There are several ways that they keep costs down. They were one of the first airline companies to recognize the benefits of doing business online. In fact, 95 % of all seats are sold online. The Internet allows them to save on the cost of issuing, distributing, processing and reconciling millions of tickets each year. When a customer books a flight online, they receive an email containing their travel details and booking reference.

At Easyjet, they do not offer free catering online. Again this allows them to save money and keep costs low. However passengers can purchase food online. In fact, Easyjet has actually won awards for their catering service.Whe you travel you could also consider buying easyjet's travel insurance.They also use a paperless system. The management and administration tasks are completed using IT systems. Through these and other methods, Easyjet continues to offer low cost services.