EASYJET 1998-2018 a timetable comparison

EASYJET  1998-2018 a timetable comparison

easyJet, is a British low-cost carrier airline headquartered at London Luton Airport.

The airline was established in 1995, . It was launched by Greek Cypriot businessman Stelios Haji-Ioannou with two wet leased Boeing 737-200 aircraft, initially operating two routes: London Luton Airport to Glasgow and Edinburgh. In April 1996, the first wholly owned aircraft was delivered to the airline, enabling its first international route, to Amsterdam. Until October 1997, the aircraft were operated by GB Airways and subsequently by Air Foyle, as easyJet had not yet received its Air Operator's Certificate.

The winter timetable for the 1998/1999 period 

shows the following routes 

 

winter 1998/99 route network

all operated by B737-300 and the network covers 13958 km and the new routes Liverpool-Malaga and Liverpool-Belfast are set to be launched in March 1999

some important dates

In March 1998, easyJet took a 40% stake in TEA Switzerland ,a charter airline company  which began franchise services on 1 April 1999 and bringing in its dowry B737-300.This was easyJet's first new base outside the United Kingdom

2002 acquisition of GO fly and with it  3 new bases London Stansted, East Midlands and Bristol. was merged into the airline's operations by 2005 and brought 27 B737-300 doubling EZY fleet


2007 easyJet purchased the entire share capital of GB Airways from the Bland Group.and was used by the airline to expand operations at Gatwick^[ and to establish a base at Manchester Airport


 easyJet Europe Airline GmbH, styled as easyJet  was established on 18 July 2017 and started operations on 20 July 2017, with the first flight being an Airbus A320  flying from London Luton Airport to its new home base at Vienna Airport.

On 28 October 2017, easyJet announced it will lease 25 A320 former Air Berlin aircraft to operate across easyJet Europe's network, under its European AOC. Several of these aircraft will be based at Berlin-Tegel Airport, where easyJet is taking over some of Air Berlin's old services. Previously EasyJet only operated from Berlin Schönefeld Airport.


Fleet

EasyJet started its  operations with two leased B737-200




By Aero Icarus from Zürich, Switzerland - EasyJet Boeing 737-204; G-BECG, January 1997/ AXV, CC BY-SA 2.0, Link

 but leased the Boeing 737-300 as its main jet operations. With the acquisition of TEA and Go fly which were B737-300  more aircraft of this type entered services helping developing the company's network . In fact, Easyjet operated up 48 B737-300 with an Y149 configuration



By JetPix - Gallery page http://www.airliners.net/photo/EasyJet-Airline/Boeing-737-33V/0219188/L Photo http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/8/8/1/0219188.jpg, GFDL 1.2, Link

Boeing 737-700 made the appearance inthe fleet in October 2000 wen the first h=jet was delivered in October 2000.


By Rob Hodgkins - Easyjet Boeing 737-700 G-EZJC Palma, CC BY-SA 2.0, Link

The company operated 33 B737-700 of which 10 were a direct order from Boeing the others were leased through AWAS. and other leasing companies ....the reign of the b737-700 will be short lived as by 2011 all aircraft  were returned to lessor or sold
The company radically changed its portfolio by  shifting its fleet from an all Boeing fleet to an airbus fleet
The fleet consists of the Airbus  a321Neo delivered in 2018 ( July,August.October)
 and are fitted with an all 235-economy class. 78 Airbus A320  (180Y) Airbus A320neo (186Y)
Airbus A319 (156Y)

By Ken Fielding/https://www.flickr.com/photos/kenfielding, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link



By Alec Wilson from Khon Kaen, Thailand - OE-IVA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Link



By Anna Zvereva from Tallinn, Estonia - EasyJet, G-UZMA, Airbus A321-251NX, CC BY-SA 2.0, Link

Some oddities


By Pedro Aragão - Gallery page https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/6914529 Photo https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/2/34854_1281618137.jpg, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link


EASYHET network

The company operated from a multitude ob does and its network reaches in December  a length of 955819km!!!!!

Below are the network map from all Easy jet bases 

 AMSTERDAM

One of the oldest bases of the company , with 32 routes  both Milan airports and  all London  airports  are served from this city


 BARCELONA

16 routes are served from Barcelona of which 2 to Gatwick, Luton and Southend

BELFAST

 23 routes from Belfast, to all 3 London airports : LGW, LTN and STN  shortest route  Belfast-Isle-of-man



 BERLIN

Above SXF map, Below TXL map

The demise of Air Berlin allowed Easyjet to establish a new base at Berlin Tegel airport  and to operate some of Air Berlin's route
Stockholm, Basel, Copenhagen,Paris-CDG, Budapest, Vienna, Tel Aviv, London-Gatwick. Palma and Venice are served from both airports .73 un-duplicated routes are served from both airports



BORDEAUX

 21 routes are radiating from Bordeaux, the longest one being to Tel Aviv

BRISTOL

49 routes operated from the Bristol hub, a  legacy from Go fly (acquired in 2002)


BASEL

Well located in the center of Europe, 52 routes spring out of Basel, linking the city with most European capitals 

EDINBURGH
 

29 routes from EDI with the longest one being EDI-Paphos.


 GLASGOW

Only 13 routes  from Glasgow including 3 routes to LGW, LTN and STN 

GENEVA

TEA Switzerland acquisition brought in its dowry Geneva and Basel. 48 routes originate from the city on the Geneva lake 

HAMBURG

A limited number of routes (7) radiates from Hamburg


INVERNESS

LISBON

Lisbon is connected to the major European cities and operates a Portuguese domestic route.Lisbon-Funchal


LIVERPOOL

20 routes have Liverpool as its origin  and destination with an emphasis on "sun" destinations

LONDON

GATWICK ROUTE MAP

From Ivalo to Gran Canaria , from Reykjavik to Hurghada ..London Gatwick is the company's most important hub

LUTON ROUTE MAP

44 routes are operated from Luton airports

STANSTED ROUTE MAP

SOUTHEND  ROUTE MAP

A combined 27 routes are operated from STN and SEN airports with Malaga and Prague served from both airports




LYON

26 routes depart LYS of which 5 french domestic routes  and 3 routes to Morocco and Portugal.

MANCHESTER

 Another important  hub of the company with 44 routes operating out of the city , extends from Reykjavik to Tel Aviv with an emphasis on leisure destinations



MILAN

LINATE NETWORK MAP

MALPENSA NETWORK MAP

EasyJet  operates from Linate and malpensa airports. Malpensa being the largest hub with 41 routes and operates 8 Italian domestic routes

 
NAPLES

24 routes of which  5 Italian domestic routes

NEWCASTLE

 16 routes  mainly to leisure destinations. The airport has flights to both Orly and CDG airports



NICE

The airport of the French riviera is linked to 27 airports of which 3 London  airports :  STN, LGW and LTN and 2 Parisian airports : CDG and ORY


OPORTO

 17 routes from and to Oporto


 PARIS

Above CDG route network, below ORY route network

EasyJet  operates from both CDG and Ory airports. CDG being the largest hub with 33 destinations and Orly  with 11. Overlapping destinations are Nice, Milan, Toulouse, Faro, Berlin, and Newcastle



TOULOUSE

 Toulouse the pink city is connected to 22 airports

 
VENICE

28 cities are served from Venice airport  with a particular emphasis on Germany, Switzerland , France and the United  Kingdom