Madrid- easyJet's new base

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easyJet announces NEW Spanish base

easyJet, Europe's leading low-fares airline, today announced a significant expansion of its services in Spain and the launch of a new base at Madrid’s Barajas airport. Madrid will be the airline's 17th base and the first in Spain.

The Madrid base will commence operations on 16 February 2007 with several brand new routes from Spain’s largest airport. The details of the new routes and the size of the operation will be announced in September.

easyJet began operating from Barajas in 1998 and has since grown significantly every year. It is now the fourth largest airline and the largest low-fares airline to operate from the Spanish capital. Last year alone easyJet carried 900.000 passengers to and from Madrid – twice as many as in 2004.

Andy Harrison, easyJet Chief Executive, said:

"easyJet continues to grow across its network and in particular in continental Europe. We believe that Spain has excellent opportunities for growth, as air travel is still dominated by inefficient traditional airlines that do not act in the interest of the consumer.

Spain has been a key market for easyJet for the past ten years and the new base will take our commitment to a completely new level. While Madrid is one of Europe’s largest and most important capital cities, it is still underserved by low-fares airlines. easyJet’s new base will make Madrid much more accessible for international visitors and will offer Spanish consumers low cost with care and convenience.”

easyJet currently serves nine international routes from Madrid, including London, Bristol and Liverpool, and offers a total of 72 routes to 11 Spanish airports. With 7.5m passengers in 2005, easyJet is the largest low-fares airline in Spain and carriers more international visitors to the country than any other airline apart from the flag carrier Iberia. Spain is easyJet’s second largest market, behind the UK.

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