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Legends of the Berlin Wall

04.11.09

It's 20 years since the Berlin Wall came down, and even longer since Nick Curtis lived in Germany's most iconic city. So what does he make of Berlin now?... more

Half-term holidaymakers dash for the sun

22.10.09

As winter weather approaches, the recession will not stop thousands of people jetting off in search on sunshine this half-term... more

EasyJet takes off from Luton in charges row

03.09.09

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EasyJet finds going tough in summer

06.07.09

The recession in the air is continuing into the summer holiday season. Budget airline easyJet, which not long ago was expanding at more than 10% a year, today said it carried 4.1 million passengers last month, an increase of less than 1% over June 2008 ... more

EasyJet fighting Gatwick's 'rip-off' fees

26.06.09

Travellers using Gatwick are being ripped off, the biggest airline at London's second airport has warned... more

EasyJet loses airport charges battle

26.06.09

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BA launches 'value calculator'

23.06.09

British Airways has thrown down a challenge to the no-frills carriers by launching a "value calculator" on its website... more

British Airways throws down gauntlet to budget airlines

23.06.09

British Airways threw down a challenge to the no-frills carriers by launching a "value calculator" on its website... more

Stelios hits out at easyJet for having too many new planes

06.05.09

War has broken out yet again in the boardroom of easyJet as founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou criticised chief executive Andy Harrison just hours after Harrison had insisted there is no crisis at the budget airline... more

Another boss quits battered EasyJet

01.05.09

Just weeks after losing a boardroom battle with its founder and waving goodbye to its chairman, easyJet disclosed that another top executive is quitting... more

This is your real boss speaking: We've too few passengers, too many planes

08.04.09

Interview: Sir Stelios doesn’t make it easy to run easyJet. So it’s another knight out and one more stepping in at the airline where he still calls the shots... more

City furore as BT chairman adds hot seat at easyJet

06.04.09

EasyJet, no stranger to controversy in recent months, stretched corporate governance rules by naming BT's Sir Michael Rake as its new chairman... more

BAA 'may only get Ł1.3bn for Gatwick'

23.03.09

Gatwick Airport could be worth as little as Ł1.33 billion, rather than the Ł2 billion-plus its owner BAA hoped to receive from auctioning it off ... more

British Airways feels pinch as slump grounds the high-flyers

05.03.09

The collapse in consumer and business confidence is dragging down Britain's leading airlines into their worst-ever performances and costing more jobs in the aviation industry... more

EasyJet: We'll sue over snow

19.02.09

Budget airline easyJet is threatening legal action against Luton council and Luton Airport over Ł500,000 losses caused by closures during heavy snow this month... more

EasyJet is boosted by ‘a flight to value’

22.01.09

Aviation: The credit crunch may have killed the impromptu holiday and impulse air flight, but budget airline easyJet today said it is more than making up for that by attracting business passengers who are trading down... more

Now Stelios stirs it over easyJet growth

22.01.09

Aviation: The ceasefire in the easyJet boardroom row between founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou and his fellow directors ended today as the airline’s biggest shareholder once more warned chief executive Andy Harrison not to continue expanding during the recession... more

It’s far from quiet on the western front

12.01.09

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Passenger slowdown at easyJet

04.12.08

Budget airline easyJet has had one of its worst months ever - right in the middle of a storm blown up by its founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou over cutbacks at the carrier.... more

Join up to stave off the recession

03.12.08

It seems an age ago that Tony Blair promised us joined-up government, and while it was obviously a rash thing to promise it is nevertheless disappointing to see that every year seems to take us further away from, not nearer, the goal. ... more

Passenger duty will hit the low-cost airlines hard

25.11.08

Aviation: The hike in the Government's air-passenger tax will drag down profits at Britain's top airlines... more

Stelios turns up the heat as easyJet profits dive

18.11.08

Aviation: Open warfare broke out at easyJet as board director, founder and 41% shareholder Stelios Haji-Ioannou refused to sign off the firm's accounts... more

EasyJet bust-up as Stelios says he wants dividends

14.11.08

An almighty row has exploded at easyJet with founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou demanding the airline start paying him dividends, and threatening to appoint himself chairman again... more

Market report: Broker gloom pushes M&S close to 8-year low

28.10.08

Shares of Marks & Spencer were edging precariously closer to their lowest for eights years today after broker Pali International chose to dump the retailer just days before it unveils first-half results... more

Competitive thrift – it’s the new spending

13.10.08

Today it’s all about being seen to buy less, says Helen Kirwan-Taylor... more

Punch frothing up with CVC in the frame to bid

04.08.08

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Pilot had no licence for easyJet

31.07.08

Two hundred passengers bound for the sun in Gran Canaria were told their flight was cancelled because the pilot's licence had not been renewed... more

Hard times for easyJet as oil price hits profits

24.07.08

The oil price crisis is worse than the City feared for easyJet as Britain's largest airline today admitted its profits have collapsed by around 40%... more