January 3, 2006 at 8:28 pm
Been mentioned on other forums there will be a press conference by Easyjet at Liverpool tomorrow. Possible announcement of an 8th based aircraft plus the base converting to A319’s
By: tomfellows - 4th January 2006 at 18:30
I’ve not surprised by these route announcements and have thought that Liverpool was an under-used airport by EZY for a long time, flying to the normal EZY locations and nowhere exciting. These new routes add some more interesting destinations such as Krakow and Marseille and this must surely be good news for everyone at Liverpool.
i think Luton – Lisbon could be a good route for them as well. Perhaps if Monarch and TAP didn’t have as many flights from LGW to there as they do, EZY may have launched from there but now a Lisbon route is launched from north of London too, so it gives the option of travelling from the centre, south and north.
Coming back to the Aircraft Basing, I think Liverpool will stay 737 for the time being, with A319 in the future and Luton remaining 737.
By: nclair - 4th January 2006 at 17:43
No new routes from NCL yet?? Will NCL ever get some new routes?? Also, will NCL remain a B73G base, or convert to Airbus? Anybody heard anything?
By: philgatwick05 - 4th January 2006 at 17:40
Always good to see expansion for a british carrier.
By: RIPConcorde - 4th January 2006 at 16:37
Seems they are annoucing the new A319 arrivals mean they can push more B737s into Liverpool. I have it on good authority that the last base to get A319s will be a toss between BFS, GLA, EDI with the three of them sort of bidding to management to get them.
Scottish bases will be A319 by next summer, I’d of thought LTN will keep the B737s for longer than anyone else, but I’m only guessing.
easyJet also announced it is converting three of its UK regional bases – Edinburgh, Glasgow and Liverpool – to solely Airbus operations, replacing the current fleet of Boeing 737 aircraft with brand new Airbus 319s this summer. This move reflects easyJet’s commitment to future investment and expansion.
By: andrewm - 4th January 2006 at 13:25
Seems they are annoucing the new A319 arrivals mean they can push more B737s into Liverpool. I have it on good authority that the last base to get A319s will be a toss between BFS, GLA, EDI with the three of them sort of bidding to management to get them.
By: mc26 - 4th January 2006 at 10:23
Its part of a series of new route announcements – Liverpool gets Krakow, Faro, Mahon and Marseillie. Details at:
http://www.easyjet.co.uk/EN/News/expansion_liverpool_milan_malaga_lisbon_geneva.html.