easyJet starts ops at Madrid's Barajas airport
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LONDON (AFX) - Low-cost airline airline easyJet PLC said it today opened its 17th European base at Madrid's Barajas airport.
The Luton-based airline says it expects to carry over 2 mln passengers from Madrid in 2007 on 18 routes - three domestic, 13 European and two to North Africa. Four new Airbus A319 aircraft will be permanently based at Madrid Airport, the largest airport on the Iberian Peninsula, from February.
The airline says its initial investment of 170 mln eur will create 150 jobs for pilots and cabin crew at easyJet. The company says its ground handling partner Swissport-Menzies has hired an additional fifty full-time employees to deal with the additional traffic, while maintenance provider SR Technics has opened a new Line Maintenance Station at Madrid Airport which initially employs ten people.
Last year easyJet launched 13 new routes to and from Spain and the airline has already announced a further 13 routes to and from Spain to be opened this year.
Date Posted: 16-Feb-07
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