Happy birthday easyJet – 18 years, 850 route launches

Who remembers the early days of easyJet? Based at unfashionable London Luton Airport (which had seen its fair share of airlines come and go in previous years), it had just two unairline-orange 737-200s and, as the internet was still a minority interest, it had a call centre phone number written big on the side of the aircraft claiming to offer air fares “for the price of a pair of jeans” (£29/$49). It was run by Stelios Haji-Ioannou, a cheerful, casually-dressed British-Greek-Cypriot who looked… (www.anna.aero) 기타...