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EasyJet

British low-cost airline

EasyJet plc is a British low-cost airline and package holiday multinational group headquartered at Luton Airport. It operates domestic and international scheduled services on 927 routes in more than 34 countries via its affiliate airlines EasyJet UK, EasyJet Switzerland and EasyJet Europe. It also operates as a package holiday provider to more than 100 destinations across Europe and North Africa through its subsidiary EasyJet Holidays Limited. The company employs around 13,000 people, based throughout Europe but mainly in the UK. EasyJet plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. Since its establishment in 1995, EasyJet has expanded through a combination of acquisitions, and base openings, driven by consumer demand for low-cost air travel. The group, along with associate companies EasyJet UK, EasyJet Europe and EasyJet Switzerland, operates 321 aircraft. It has 29 bases across Europe, with the largest being London Gatwick Airport. In 2022, the airline carried more than 69.7 million passengers, making it the second largest budget airline in Europe by number of passengers carried, only behind Ryanair.