Editing EasyJet (section)

{{Short description|British multinational low-cost airline group}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2013}}
{{Infobox airline
| airline = EasyJet plc
| logo = EasyJet logo.svg
| logo_size = 
| image = Airbus A320neo G-UZHZ of EasyJet y.jpg
| caption = An [[Airbus A320neo]] of EasyJet
| image_upright = 1.15
| traded_as = {{ubl|{{lse|ezj}}|[[FTSE 100]] component}}
| IATA = U2
| ICAO = EZY
| callsign = EASY
| founded = {{start date and age|1995|||df=yes}}
| headquarters = Hangar 89, [[London Luton Airport]], [[Luton]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom]]
| founder = [[Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou]]
| key_people = {{unbulleted list|
  | [[Stephen Hester|Sir Stephen Hester]] ([[Chairman|Non-executive chairman]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://corporate.easyjet.com/about/management/board-of-directors|title=Board of Directors|publisher=EasyJet|access-date=18 March 2022}}</ref>
  | Kenton Jarvis ([[Chief executive officer|CEO]])}}
| revenue = {{increase}} £9,309 million (2024)<ref name=ar>{{cite web |url=https://s203.q4cdn.com/522538739/files/doc_financials/2024/ar/easyJet_AR24_web.pdf|title=Annual Results 2024|publisher=EasyJet |access-date=17 December 2024}}</ref>
| operating_income = {{increase}} £597 million (2024)<ref name=ar/>
| net_income = {{increase}} £452 million (2024)<ref name=ar/>
| destinations = 157
| parent = 
| num_employees = {{increase}} 17,639 (2024)<ref name=ar/>
| frequent_flyer = easyJet Plus
| subsidiaries = {{ubl|class=nowrap
  | [[EasyJet UK]]
  | [[easyJet Europe]]
  | [[EasyJet Switzerland]] (40%)
  | EasyJet Holidays }}
| bases = {{ubl|class=nowrap
  | [[Belfast International Airport|Belfast–International]]
  | [[Birmingham Airport|Birmingham]]
  | [[Bristol Airport|Bristol]]
  | [[Edinburgh Airport|Edinburgh]]
  | [[Glasgow Airport|Glasgow]]
  | [[Liverpool John Lennon Airport|Liverpool]]
  | [[Gatwick Airport|London–Gatwick]]
  | [[Luton Airport|London–Luton]]
  | [[London Southend Airport|London—Southend]]
  | [[Manchester Airport|Manchester]]}}
| fleet_size = 347<ref name=ar/>
| website = {{URL|https://www.easyjet.com/|easyjet.com}}
}}

'''EasyJet plc''' (styled as '''easyJet''') is a British multinational [[low-cost airline]] group headquartered at [[London Luton Airport]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uk.reuters.com/business/quotes/companyProfile?symbol=EZJ.L |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081008020902/http://uk.reuters.com/business/quotes/companyProfile?symbol=EZJ.L |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 October 2008 |title=Company Profile |publisher=Uk.reuters.com |access-date=17 January 2014}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=What we do |url=https://corporate.easyjet.com/about/what-we-do |access-date=8 August 2022 |website=corporate.easyjet.com |language=en}}</ref> The company employs circa 13,000 people, based throughout Europe but mainly in the UK.<ref name=what>{{cite web|url=https://corporate.easyjet.com/about/what-we-do|title=What we do|publisher=EasyJet|access-date=16 February 2023}}</ref> EasyJet plc is listed on the [[London Stock Exchange]] and is a constituent of the [[FTSE 100 Index]]. 

Since its establishment in 1995, EasyJet has expanded through a combination of [[acquisitions]],<ref name="GO1">{{cite news |title=EasyJet buys Go for £374m |work=BBC News |date=16 May 2002 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1990691.stm |access-date=28 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090917024406/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/1990691.stm |archive-date=17 September 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="GB1">{{cite news |title=EasyJet agrees to buy GB Airways |work=BBC News |date=25 October 2007 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7061246.stm |access-date=28 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100306024222/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7061246.stm |archive-date=6 March 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and base openings fuelled 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, the largest being [[Gatwick]].<ref name=bases>{{cite web |title=Annual report and accounts 2016 |url=http://corporate.easyjet.com/~/media/Files/E/Easyjet/pdf/investors/result-center-investor/annual-report-2016.pdf |page=13 |access-date=10 January 2017 |publisher=EasyJet |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100202062706/http://2009annualreport.easyjet.com/files/pdf/easyJet_AR09.pdf |archive-date=2 February 2010 }}</ref> In 2022, the airline carried more than 69.7 million passengers,<ref>{{Cite web |title=EasyJet passengers 2022 |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/734265/easyjet-passenger-figures/ |access-date=26 November 2023 |website=Statista |language=en}}</ref> making it the second largest budget airline in Europe by number of passengers carried, behind [[Ryanair]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ryanair.com/doc/investor/2009/Annual_report_2009_web.pdf | publisher=Ryanair |page=3 |access-date=25 January 2010 |title=Annual Report 2009}}</ref>

EasyJet was featured in the television series ''[[Airline (UK TV series)|Airline]]'', broadcast on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] (1998–2007), which followed the airline's operations in London Luton and later at other bases. Its pilot training scheme was the subject of another ITV television series, ''[[easyJet: Inside the Cockpit]]'', which premiered in August 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itn.co.uk/press-releases/easyjet-inside-the-cockpit/ |title=ITV commissions ground-breaking documentary following easyJet's rookie pilots from ITN Productions |publisher=ITN |date=23 November 2016 |access-date=7 April 2017}}</ref>