Over the last year, Easy-Jet flew 30million customers - 21% up on last year, and not far behind Ryanair, who flew 18 million passengers in the last six months.
Despite fuel costs rising by 50%, Europe’s largest budget airline announced a 9% rise in profits to £68mn.
It wasn’t just greater passenger numbers that were behind the rise in profits. The airline says it improved crew efficiency (perhaps they spent less time posing for TV reality documentaries) and reduced ground-handling costs. The new Airbus A319 helped too.
Easy-Jet boss Ray Webster, who is retiring next week to be replaced by former RAC boss Andy Harrison said, “In the past 10 years we have grown into an airline which carries 30 million passengers a year: a feat which took Ryanair twice the time to achieve.”
Ryanair recently announced £237mn euros profit after tax for the six months to 30 September 2005.
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