Businessweek

easyJet plc provides point-to-point air services in the United Kingdom and mainland Europe. As of September 30, 2004, easyJet operates on 153 routes, serving 44 cities, and operates a fleet of 71 Boeing B737 aircraft and 21 Airbus A319 aircraft. The company flew 192,742 sectors during 2004. The company operates low-fare scheduled passenger airline businesses. It provides high frequency services on short-haul and medium-haul point-to-point routes within Europe from its 14 crew bases at Belfast, Berlin Schönefeld, Bristol, Dortmund, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Geneva, Glasgow, Liverpool, London Luton, London Stansted, London Gatwick, Newcastle and Paris. It offers ‘no frills’ service aimed at both the leisure and business travel markets. As of 30 September 2004, six new cities were added to the easyJet network, including Basel, Berlin, Budapest, Cologne, Dortmund, and Ljubljana. The company added 51 new routes. Two of the new cities, Berlin and Dortmund, were established as bases. Dortmund had eight routes in operation during 2004. History easyJet plc was incorporated in 2000.