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We have stated our targets of growing capacity at an
annual rate of 15% with improved operating margins
and return on equity. This will be achieved through a
combination of network development and optimisation,
ancillary revenue growth and tough cost control.
The results for the year speak for themselves.
Highlights of the year
The doubling of Air Passenger Duty (“APD”) on
UK departing customers and continued high fuel
prices represented challenges in the year. However,
our people rose to the challenge to deliver an
excellent performance.
Key business highlights were as follows:
• Profit before tax increased 56.3% to £201.9 million.
Excluding the one-off benefit of reinstating easyJet’s
investment in The Airline Group underlying* profit
before tax increased 48.1% to £191.3 million
• Passenger numbers increased by 13.0% to 37.2 million
with consistently high load factors
• Total revenue increased 11.0% to £1,797.2 million
• Ancillary revenue increased by 47 pence per seat
or 30.4% to £171.2 million
• Unit operating costs (excluding fuel) reduced by an
excellent 6.4% or £1.81 per seat to £26.55 per seat
• Underlying* return on equity increased to 13.6%
and underlying* earnings per share increased 50.1%
to 34.8 pence
• European expansion continued with the opening
of our 17th base in Madrid in February 2007
• Successful full year of operation at Milan Malpensa
• In April 2007 we took delivery of our 100th
Airbus A319
• During the year we added eight new destinations and
46 routes, and as at 30 September 2007 we were
flying 289 routes through 77 airports in 21 countries
• On 25 October 2007 we announced an agreement
to acquire GB Airways
* Underlying financial performance excludes the effect
of the reversal of the impairment of the Group’s
investment in The Airline Group of £10.6 million.
Market and network development
During 2007 we continued to expand our network
in mainland Europe. In 2007 we increased the capacity
deployed at our European bases by 29.9%, which now
account for 30.3% of our total available seats.
We have stated our targets of growing capacity
at an annual rate of 15% with improved operating
margins and return on equity. This will be achieved
through a combination of network development
and optimisation, ancillary revenue growth and
tough cost control. The results for the year speak
for themselves.
Andrew Harrison
Chief Executive
Business review
08 easyJet plc
Annual report and accounts 2007
Business review
continued
In February 2007 we launched our 17th base at
Madrid’s Barajas Airport creating over 200 jobs.
During the year we carried over two million passengers
through Madrid, making easyJet Madrid’s number
one low cost carrier.
We continued to expand our Milan Malpensa base,
where we have become the second largest carrier
only one year after the launch of the base and we
have agreed to double our capacity to 15 aircraft
by the end of 2008.
In 2007 we continued to establish easyJet as
Switzerland’s largest short-haul carrier increasing
capacity in Switzerland by 22.4% growing at both
our bases in Basel and Geneva.
2007 saw easyJet expand its network further
into eastern Europe with routes launched to
Romania and further focus on the Polish market.
Flying commenced to Bulgaria in November 2007.
Following the year end we announced the launch
of two additional bases in France, at Paris Charles de
Gaulle and Lyon. Initially five additional aircraft will
be located in France, starting in spring 2008, creating
significant numbers of jobs and reinforcing easyJet’s
position as France’s number two airline.
In the UK we continue to build our bases, adding
two A319s at Gatwick, one at Bristol and increasing
our presence at Belfast International to a total of
six aircraft.
Gatwick, our largest base, offers an attractive
catchment area in the South East of England with
easy access to London. With this in mind we recently
announced an agreement to acquire GB Airways
which operates 15 A320 family aircraft. GB Airways
is predominately based at Gatwick but also flies from
Heathrow and Manchester. We look forward to
welcoming the GB team to easyJet, confident that
together we will be able to deliver an unbeatable
product to customers in the South East of England.
The markets in which easyJet operates are highly
　
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