Sun, May 29, 2011
Quickest To Reach 200 Airbus Fleet Of Any Carrier
easyJet has become the world’s youngest and quickest
airline to reach a fleet of 200 Airbus aircraft with an airplane
delivered at a ceremony in Toulouse. Carolyn McCall, easyJet
CEO, Jean-Paul Ebanga, CFM International President and CEO, and Tom
Enders, Airbus President and CEO were present at the event.
To celebrate the 200th Airbus, easyJet and Airbus unveiled an
A320 in a unique all orange colour scheme. Its maiden flight with
passengers from Toulouse for Paris and then onto London was
appropriately given flight number EZY200.
“Our ambition is to become Europe’s preferred
airline. We’re already Britain’s’ biggest –
carrying more passengers than the others put together. We aim to
Turn Europe Orange and the special livery on our 200th aircraft
embodies that ambition," said Carol Carolyn McCall, easyJet CEO
“The tremendous success achieved by easyJet in growing to
be one of Europe’s major carriers, and one of Airbus’
top A320 Family customers in just eight years is unique and
impressive. We congratulate easyJet and thank their management for
the loyalty and support they have given to Airbus, and we are
looking forward to continuing our excellent cooperation in the
future,” said Tom Enders
easyJet already operates the world’s largest fleet of
A319s with over 166 in service today. Including their A320s, which
have recently joined the fleet, the airline has grown to be
Europe’s largest A320 Family operator. Since easyJet took
delivery of its first Airbus aircraft (an A319) in September 2003,
Airbus has delivered an aircraft on average every 14 days over the
last eight years.
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