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Annual report and accounts 200911 easyJet plc
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Overview
Business review
Governance
Accounts
Other information
Slot management
Departure time is important to all our customers,
but particularly those on business trips and
weekend breaks.
Unlike some competitors, who use smaller,
more remote, and much less convenient airports,
over 90% of easyJet aircraft operate into and
out of congested airports. At these busy facilities,
where slots are at a premium, we work hard
to build our portfolio across Europe. Our slot
management team has considerable capability
and expertise, with over 60 years of combined
experience and extensive contacts at
European airports.
Base management
Overnight stops create unnecessary costs.
By managing the bases where we locate crew
and aircraft, we are able to improve efciency
and maximise revenue. During summer 2009,
we ew over 1,000 sectors daily and onlyve
aircraft were located overnight at locations
other than our bases.
Base location is constantly under review.
For example, we have increased the number of
aircraft based in Italy from three to 16 since 2006
and in France from 11 to 14 in the last 12 months.
At the same time, we have reduced capacity at
under-performing bases such as Luton.
39
Gatwick
12
Stansted
6
Newcastle 3
East
Midlands
6
Belfast
International
11
3
Bristol
Rome
Fiumicino
2
Lyon
6
Madrid
6
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
6
Paris
Orly
9
Liverpool
4
Edinburgh
4
Glasgow
8
Geneva
4
Basel
3
Manchester
16
Luton
13
Milan
Malpensa
9
Berlin
Number of aircraft by base