easyJet signs deal with MOD
25.10.11
easyJet has announced a new partnership with the Ministry of Defence (MOD) to provide cheap flights and European travel for all ranks across its network. Under the scheme easyJet will offer substantial discounts to its excess baggage charges for travelling military personnel. This was identified as an important requirement as armed forces servicemen and women often travel with large amounts of luggage including kit bags.
The partnership recognises the government’s significant buying power and easyJet now hopes to secure travel deals with other government departments as well as with private sector companies as part of its new focus on business (or non-leisure) passengers. It is a first public deal for the airline's five-strong UK sales team who were appointed in June to focus on selling directly to companies and forge closer links with travel-management companies. The budget airline expects to carry over 50,000 military passengers a year.
Carolyn McCall, easyJet’s chief executive, said: ‘This new partnership will deliver huge benefits and cost savings for the ministry of defence, who in this current economic climate are under pressure to deliver savings for the taxpayer. It is the first of what we hope will be a series of deals with public and private organisations secured by easyJet’s new corporate sales force.’
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