Low Cost Airlines

Charlie Thomas

Stunts, Setbacks And Shareholder Activism - How EasyJet Flew Into The FTSE100

HuffingtonPost.com | Charlie Thomas | Posted 07.03.2013 | UK

EasyJet has joined the upper echelons of share trading after it soared into the FTSE100 index on Wednesday afternoon. The FTSE Group decides who ge...

Ryanair Bid To Takeover Aer Lingus Hits The Buffers For The THIRD Time

Charlie Thomas | Posted 12.02.2013 | UK

Ryanair's Aer Lingus takeover plans have hit the buffers after the EU Commission reveals it intends to prohibit Ryanair's acquisition offer. This i...

Charlie Thomas

Sir Stelios's African Venture Enters War Of Words With Aircraft Owner

HuffingtonPost.com | Charlie Thomas | Posted 07.02.2013 | UK

Fastjet, the African low-cost carrier led by Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, is involved in a war of words with Fly540, the original owners of its fleet of ...

Has Ryanair's Aer Lingus Takeover Bid Taken A Step Closer?

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Charlie Thomas | Posted 06.02.2013 | UK

Flybe has boosted Ryanair's hopes of a takeover of Aer Lingus by agreeing to a plan to fly 43 of the Irish carrier's short-haul routes. The proposa...

Charlie Thomas

EasyJet Off To A Flying Start For 2013

HuffingtonPost.com | Charlie Thomas | Posted 24.01.2013 | UK

EasyJet marked the start of the new year with a new milestone - 10 million business travellers have used the budget airline in the past year. The l...

Fastjet Takes Off On Schedule With Maiden Flights

Charlie Thomas | Posted 29.11.2012 | UK

Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou's Fastjet - the low-cost African Airline - has successfully completed its first two commercial flights, launching the new air...

African Airline FastJet Expands With New Airbuses And Execs

Charlie Thomas | Posted 19.10.2012 | UK

Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou's FastJet - the low-cost African Airline - has signed operating lease agreements with Volito Aviation which will see it take...

EasyJet Founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou Could Split Company's Board

PA | Posted 30.01.2012 | UK

A row between easyJet and its founder is poised to come to a head next month amid reports that directors could quit the board if they lose a pay vote....

Ryanair Removes Toilets To Add Additional Seating

The Huffington Post UK | Cosima Ungaro | Posted 12.12.2011 | UK

Ryanair’s new cost-cutting proposal to remove plane toilets would leave more than 200 people having to share one bathroom. This would “lower ai...