I ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i kāna makahiki mua o kāna waihona Lyon, ua wehe ʻo Easyjet i nā hoʻolālā hoʻonui nui ma ke kūlanakauhale nui ʻelua o Farani. I kona makahiki mua, ua lawe ʻo Easyjet i hoʻokahi miliona mau kaʻa mai a i Lyon me ka awelika o ka ukana ma luna o 80 pakeneka. No laila e hoʻokumu ka mokulele i ke kolu o nā mokulele i ka hoʻoilo aʻe a hoʻonui i ka hiki ma 30 pakeneka. Ua lawe ʻo eTN i ka manawa e noi ai iā Easyjet CEO Andy Harrison e kaʻana like i kāna ʻike e pili ana i ka ulu ʻana o Easyjet a me nā mokulele haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa ma ʻEulopa.

Pehea ʻo Easyjet i kēia makahiki?
Andy Harrison: He makahiki paʻakikī kēia no ka ʻoihana mokulele holoʻokoʻa. Eia naʻe, he mau ʻokoʻa lākou. Ke emi nei ka mākeke lōʻihi ma ka 10 pakeneka i ka 15 pakeneka me ka pili nui o ke kaʻa kālā. Me ka liʻiliʻi o ka loaʻa kālā, makemake nui nā mea hana hoʻomaha e loaʻa kahi hoʻomaha kai a me ka lā ma Italia ma mua o Florida. ʻO kēia ka wehewehe ʻana i ke kumu e hoʻomau ʻia ai nā kaʻa kaʻa pōkole, me ka emi ʻana o ka 5 pakeneka. ʻOiai ka emi ʻana o kēia manawa ma ʻEulopa, ua hana maikaʻi mākou me ka piʻi ʻana o kā mākou poʻe kaʻa ma mua o 10 pakeneka no ka hapaha mua o 2009.

Pehea ʻoe e wehewehe ai i kēia ulu ʻana i ka pilikia o kēia manawa?
Harrison: ʻO ka mea mua, ʻo kā mākou mau kumukūʻai ma ka awelika 50 pakeneka ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o nā mea lawe hoʻoilina. He waiwai ʻoiaʻiʻo. ʻIke mākou i ka piʻi ʻana o ka poʻe huakaʻi ʻoihana, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka poʻe e hana ana no kahi SME. I ka makahiki i hala aku nei, ua loaʻa i ka poʻe huakaʻi ʻoihana ka māhele mākeke o 19 pakeneka ma kā mākou pūnaewele holoʻokoʻa. Ua ulu lākou a hiki i ka 21 pakeneka i kēia makahiki. Ua lanakila pū mākou i nā māhele mākeke i ko mākou mālama ʻana a me ka ulu ʻana i kā mākou hiki ke hōʻemi ka nui o kā mākou mau mea hoʻokūkū i kā lākou hāʻawi. I ka nui o kā mākou mau mākeke koʻikoʻi, ua hōʻemi nā mea pāʻani koʻikoʻi e like me Alitalia a i ʻole Clickair/Vueling i ko lākou hele ʻana… E paʻa mau kā mākou hua, ma ka € 60 ma ka awelika no ka coupon.

ʻOi aku ka hopena o kekahi mau mākeke ma ʻEulopa ma mua o nā mea ʻē aʻe?
Harrison: ʻAʻole mākou e ʻike i nā ʻokoʻa koʻikoʻi mai kahi mākeke a i kekahi. Ma UK, hoʻomau mākou i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā māhele mākeke ʻoiai ka hapa nui o kā mākou mau mea hoʻokūkū e hōʻemi i kā lākou hāʻawi. Ma Central Europe, ʻike mākou i ka nāwaliwali o nā kaʻa kaʻa mai Central/Eastern Europeans e hana ana ma Ireland, UK a i Kelemānia. Akā ʻaʻole pili kēia i kā mākou ulu ʻana i kā mākou pūnaewele puni honua. Ke hoʻomau nei mākou e ulu i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ma nā mākeke ʻEulopa e like me Berlin, Geneva, Lākana, Lyon a i ʻole Paris.

ʻIke paha ʻoe i nā mea hou aʻe no nā waihona hou ma ʻEulopa a i ʻole ʻApelika ʻĀkau, Ke ʻimi nei ʻoe i nā ʻāpana mākeke hou?
Harrison: E hoʻomau mākou e hoʻonui me nā waihona hou ma Continental Europe no ka mea ua lawelawe maikaʻi ʻia ka mākeke UK e mākou. ʻAʻole wau i manaʻo he hopena maikaʻi paha kahi kahua ma ʻApelika ʻĀkau. No ka hana ʻana i kahi kumu kūpono, ʻo ia ka hoʻolele ʻana i nā mea holo i ke kakahiaka nui. He paʻakikī ke hoʻokō me kahi mākeke leʻaleʻa maʻemaʻe e like me North Africa. Makemake mākou e wehe i nā lawelawe ma waena o Kelemānia a me Rusia a ma waena o Kelemānia a me Turkey. Eia naʻe, pili nā mākeke ʻelua i nā kuʻikahi bilateral koʻikoʻi.

I ka manawa hea ʻoe e manaʻo ai e pau ka pilikia?
Harrison: Manaʻo wau e kū mākou i nā manawa paʻakikī no ka liʻiliʻi o kekahi makahiki ʻē aʻe a ʻaʻole manaʻo i kahi hoʻōla ikaika ma mua o kēia kau.