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[Article] EUjet adds to Shannon schedule

  • 19-05-2004 8:00pm
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    Victor
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    http://www.rte.ie/business/2004/0519/eujet.html
    EUjet adds to Shannon schedule
    May 19, 2004 19:37

    Irish airline EUjet is to begin new services from Shannon in September.

    The airline says it will operate three return flights a day between Shannon and Dublin, as well as weekend services from Shannon to Faro, Malaga and Murcia. There will also be flights to Geneva during the ski season. EUjet will also operate services from Shannon via Dublin to its UK hub at Kent International Airport.

    The Shannon-based airline was set up in May last year and employs 130 people and is headed by former Ryanair boss PJ McGoldrick. It expects to increase this to 240 by the end of the year.


    EUjet will also take a further three aircraft on lease from Debis AirFinance, bringing its fleet to seven. The airline has so far operated charter flights and services on behalf of other airlines.

    * UK airport operator Planestation Group has bought a 30% stake in EUjet for £2m sterling. The acquisition makes Planestation the second largest stakeholder in EUjet, after the airline's CEO JP McGoldrick. EUjet is Planestation's anchor airline for its international airport at Kent in southern England.


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    Victor
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    http://www.rte.ie/business/2004/0520/eujet.html
    EUjet unveils 27 destinations
    May 20, 2004 11:56

    Irish airline EUjet has announced that it plans to fly to a total of 27 destinations by the end of the year.

    In addition to the new routes announced yesterday from Shannon to Dublin, Kent (via Dublin), Geneva, Murcia, Faro and Malaga, the airline said it will operate on core business routes from Kent to Manchester, Edinburgh and Amsterdam and on secondary business routes to Glasgow, Madrid, Copenhagen and Milan.

    Leisure destinations will include Genoa, Nice, Prague, Palma and Jersey, while routes to ski destinations will be added in December and will include Zurich, Salzburg, Turin and Toulouse.

    EUjet is establishing a UK hub at Kent International Airport from where the routes will be launched from September.

    The Shannon-based airline was set up in May last year and employs 130 people and is headed by former Ryanair boss PJ McGoldrick. It expects to increase its workforce to 240 by the end of the year.

    http://home.eircom.net/content/irelandcom/topstories/3231018?view=Eircomnet
    Planestation buys 30% EUjet stake
    From:ireland.com
    Thursday, 20th May, 2004

    The European airport operator Planestation has taken a 30 per cent stake in EUjet, the low-cost airline set up by former Ryanair executive Mr P.J. McGoldrick.

    The stake cost Planestation £2 million sterling (€2.9 million), according to a statement released to the stock exchange. Based on this, EUjet has a valuation of about €9.6 million at this stage. The acquisition gives Planestation the second-highest stake in the airline after Mr McGoldrick.

    Planestation operates airports throughout Europe, including Manston in southern England, Pilsen airport in the Czech Republic, Lahr Black Forest airport in Germany, and Ajman airport in the United Arab Emirates.

    EUjet yesterday announced the launch of six new routes out of Shannon Airport.

    At the launch, the Minister for Transport, Mr Brennan, said if the Government was not to establish an independent Shannon Airport, the airport's future would be in serious doubt.

    With the Bill allowing for the break-up of Aer Rianta due to go before the current Dáil session, Mr Brennan said: "We can't stand still. We have to make changes and they are for the better and I have never been more confident about the future growth of the Shannon region."

    The Tánaiste, Ms Harney, is believed to be studying a proposal that could generate €6 million per annum for the new airport authority through the transfer of the control of the Shannon Free Zone. But Mr Brennan said that the €6 million is not necessary for the operation of the authority.

    Mr McGoldrick, managing director of EUjet, said it would have to work against the background of recent high-profile collapses in the Irish aviation sector. "It would be a pity to put us in the same class as people who went blind into the marketplace without proper planning, with the wrong aircraft and failed."


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