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News Release
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12.06.08
Auf Wiedersehen EasyJet!
RYANAIR WELCOMES EASYJETS DECISION TO DESERT DORTMUND
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Ryanair, Europe=E2=80=99s low fare airline, says =E2=80=9CAuf
Wiedersehen!=
=E2=80=9D EasyJet, after=20
their announcement today (12th June) that EasyJet has started
consultations=
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with its staff on the closure of its Dortmund base where EasyJet has 3=20
aircraft and 11 routes. EasyJet started its base in Dortmund in 2005.=20
Ryanair started a competing base in D=C3=BCsseldorf-Weeze in 2007 and just
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year later EasyJet announced that they plan to desert Dortmund, because=20
they cannot compete with Ryanair=E2=80=99s lower fares to/from
D=C3=BCsseld=
orf-Weeze.
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Speaking today, Ryanair=E2=80=99s Daniel de Carvalho said:
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=E2=80=9CEasyJet=E2=80=99s high fares cannot compete with
Ryanair=E2=80=99s=
lowest fares from=20
nearby D=C3=BCsseldorf-Weeze. It was just a matter of time before EasyJet=
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deserted Dortmund. So it=E2=80=99s =E2=80=9CAuf Wiedersehen=E2=80=9D
EasyJe=
t=E2=80=99s high fares and=20
=E2=80=9CWillkommen=E2=80=9D more Ryanair=E2=80=99s lowest fares at
D=C3=BC=
sseldorf-Weeze.
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To celebrate EasyJet deserting Dortmund, Ryanair released 100 000 seats
at=
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=E2=82=AC10 including taxes and fees on its 22 routes from
D=C3=BCsseldorf-=
Weeze.=20
EasyJet passengers, tired of high fares, should go and snap the
guaranteed=
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lowest fares at www.ryanair.com.
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EasyJet=E2=80=99s decision to desert Dortmund leaves it with just one
Germa=
n base=20
in Berlin, compared to Ryanair=E2=80=99s 3 German bases in
Frankfurt-Hahn,=
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D=C3=BCsseldorf-Weeze and Bremen.
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Auf Wiedersehen EasyJet at Dortmund!=E2=80=9D
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