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Founder: Stelios Haji-Ioannou
 
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Founded in 1995 with family money
 
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Start capital: 5 Mln Pound
 
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First flight: 29 Pound, slogan "Fly to Scotland for the price of a pair of jeans"
 
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Modelled after South-West Airlines:
 
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* One type of aircraft
 
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* No in flight meals
 
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* Rapid turnaround time
 
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* High Air craft Utilsation
 
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But added new concepts:
 
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* Avoided travel agents
 
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* No tickets
 
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* Flew a brand new Boeing maximizing seat capacity
 
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* No free drinks of peanuts: everything for sale
 
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* One free item: in-flight magazine 'easyRider'
 
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Everything was low costs:
 
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* No secretary
 
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* Paperless office
 
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Savings:
 
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* 14 pound per passenger for a meal
 
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* 10 pounds for using Luton in stead of Gatwick airport
 
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* No business class allowing for more seats
 
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* Internet sales (60% of revenue)
 
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* Discount for internet bookings
 
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* No computer reservation systems
 
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* Increasing flight time from average 6 to 11.5 hours per day (needed 2 in stead of 3 airplanes)
 
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* No imbursements for missed flights (only 4% of customers failed to show up for their flight)
 
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Earnings:
 
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* Profitable in 1999, though small. 1.5 pound per passenger
 
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Stelios never compromised safety.
 
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Personel:
 
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* Reservation agents were paid on commission bases (per seat sold)
 
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Marketing:
 
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* No market research: made sure he got direct customer feedback himself.
 
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* Any opportunity to get in the news was taken
 
 
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