New Base Announcement-Amend

easyJet PLC 13 February 2004 This replaces earlier RNS, number 3717V released at 1030 on 13 February 2004. Only change is to confirm that the route between Dortmund and London will be to London Luton Airport. Previously this was unspecified. EASYJET CONSOLIDATES GERMAN PRESENCE easyJet today, Europe's leading low-cost airline, announced today that it is establishing Dortmund International Airport as its next European base. As part of the airline's expansion plans for Germany the airline will introduce eight routes from Dortmund utilising three aircraft. Flights will commence at the end of May 2004. easyJet has confirmed six of the routes - twice-daily services to Paris (CDG) and London Luton, and daily services to Nice, Palma (Majorca), Alicante, and Rome (Ciampino). The remaining two routes will be announced shortly. Flights will commence at the end of May 2004 and will be available for sale today on www.easyJet.com. Dortmund is the gateway to the vast and wealthy Rhine/Ruhr industrial catchment - representing a market with huge inbound and outbound potential: two million people visited the city of Essen alone last year. In total, some 11 million people live within 60 minute's drive-time of the airport - an area that also includes the major cities of Essen and Dusseldorf and is roughly the same population as London. GDP per head at €25,000 is significantly ahead of the European average and more than one-fifth of all Germany's GDP comes from the area. Two new routes, from Berlin Schonefeld to Basel and Budapest were also announced today. The twice daily service to Basel will start on 20 May and the daily service to Budapest commences on 17 June . These latest routes follow the 7 confirmed yesterday and extend easyJet's presence in Central and Northern Europe. Ray Webster, easyJet Chief Executive said: 'It was only a couple of months ago that we announced our intention to significantly enter the German market with a substantial base at Berlin. Today's announcement further strengthens our position in Germany - particularly in the heavily populated and wealthy area of the Rhine/Ruhr valley. 'This is yet another step in the planned growth of easyJet. The fact that we can start eight new routes using three aircraft by opening up a single new airport underlines the value of a network rather than hub approach and why we put so much emphasis on network density.' This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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