EasyJet
An Airbus A320neo of EasyJet | |||||||
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| Founded | 1995 | ||||||
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| Frequent-flyer program | easyJet Plus | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 347[2] | ||||||
| Destinations | 157 | ||||||
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| Headquarters | Hangar 89, London Luton Airport, Luton, England, United Kingdom | ||||||
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| Founder | Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou | ||||||
| Revenue | £9,309 million (2024)[2] | ||||||
| Operating income | £597 million (2024)[2] | ||||||
| Net income | £452 million (2024)[2] | ||||||
| Employees | 17,639 (2024)[2] | ||||||
| Website | easyjet.com | ||||||
EasyJet plc (styled as easyJet) is a British multinational low-cost airline and package holiday[4][5] group headquartered at London Luton Airport.[6] It operates domestic and international scheduled services on 927 routes in more than 34 countries via its affiliate airlines EasyJet UK, EasyJet Switzerland, and EasyJet Europe.[7] It also operates as a package holiday provider to more than 100 destinations across Europe and North Africa[8] through its subsidiary EasyJet Holidays Limited.[9] The company employs around 13,000 people, based throughout Europe but mainly in the UK.[7] EasyJet plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
Since its establishment in 1995, EasyJet has expanded through a combination of acquisitions,[10][11] and base openings, driven by consumer demand for low-cost air travel. The group, along with associate companies EasyJet UK, EasyJet Europe and EasyJet Switzerland, operates 321 aircraft. It has 29 bases across Europe, with the largest being London Gatwick Airport.[12] In 2022, the airline carried more than 69.7 million passengers,[13] making it the second largest budget airline in Europe by number of passengers carried, behind Ryanair.[14]
EasyJet was featured in the television series Airline, broadcast on ITV (1998–2007), which followed the airline's operations in London Luton and later at other bases. Its pilot training scheme was the subject of another ITV television series, EasyJet: Inside the Cockpit, which premiered in August 2017.[15]
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- ^ a b c d e "Annual Results 2024" (PDF). EasyJet. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
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- ^ Boles, Tracey (2 July 2024). "EasyJet's holiday business is taking off". The Times. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
- ^ "Company Profile". Uk.reuters.com. Archived from the original on 8 October 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
- ^ a b "What we do". EasyJet. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ Ohue, Justice (1 August 2025). "easyJet holidays: Launched packages to 11 new destinations". Travel Radar - Aviation News. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
- ^ "EASYJET HOLIDAYS LIMITED overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
- ^ "EasyJet buys Go for £374m". BBC News. 16 May 2002. Archived from the original on 17 September 2009. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
- ^ "EasyJet agrees to buy GB Airways". BBC News. 25 October 2007. Archived from the original on 6 March 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
- ^ "Annual report and accounts 2016" (PDF). EasyJet. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ^ "EasyJet passengers 2022". Statista. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- ^ "Annual Report 2009" (PDF). Ryanair. p. 3. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
- ^ "ITV commissions ground-breaking documentary following easyJet's rookie pilots from ITN Productions". ITN. 23 November 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2017.