10 December 2002
Substantial progress on Go Fly integration
easyJet and Go Fly (Go) are now operating under a single UK Air Operators
Certificate (AOC) as approved by the UK Civil Aviation Authority. The
switch-over occurred at 00.01 this morning.
This means that, for operational purposes, easyJet and Go are acting as a
single airline with a common fleet, operating practices, recruitment processes
and CAA-approved postholders. The move to a common AOC has been completed ahead
of easyJet's initial expectations.
Vilhelm Hahn-Petersen, Operations Director, said:
'The adoption of a single AOC is a significant milestone in the bringing
together of easyJet and Go as it means, for the first time, we are acting as
and recognised as a single airline. I am particularly delighted that this has
occurred substantially ahead of our initial estimate of 1st April 2003.'
Excellent progress in combining the two airlines is also being made in all
other parts of the business. For example, there is now a single recruitment
processes for the employment of pilots, cabin crew and airport staff; a lease
has been signed for a new headquarters close to Luton Airport which should be
operational from mid-2003; seven of Go's 27 aircraft have been repainted in
easyJet livery, and customers can book flights on the combined airline through
easyJet.com.
Ray Webster, easyJet Chief Executive said:
'Excellent progress is being made in all areas to bring the two companies
together. All functional teams are now combined and I envisage that the
combination will be completed significantly ahead of our expectations.
'On a separate matter, the project being undertaken to assess the option to
acquire Deutsche BA is progressing well and we hope to be in a position to make
a decision on whether to proceed with the option around March 2003.'
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