| 1995 |
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Stelios creates easyJet and starts flights between Luton and Scotland |
| 1996 |
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easyJet opens international routes to Amsterdam, Nice and Barcelona |
| 1997 |
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the website easyJet.com goes live |
| 1997 |
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first order for 12 brand new Boeing 737 aircraft placed by easyJet |
| 1998 |
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easyJet acquires a Swiss airline and becomes Geneva’s defacto home carrier |
| 1998 |
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BA launches go airlines in response to easyJet – Stelios is on their first flight |
| 1998 |
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easyJet is elevated by the media as the arch rival of BA and credited with sparking a price war |
| 1998 |
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as the airline becomes a “brand” Stelios starts to work on brand extension and founds the easyGroup |
| 1999 |
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the TV docusoap on easyJet is first broadcast on Britain’s ITV to an audience of 9m viewers |
| 1999 |
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the first easyInternetcafé opens in London with queues stretching round the block |
| 1999 |
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Marketing Magazine lists the launch of easyJet as one of the great marketing moments of the 20th century |
| 2000 |
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easyCar rents first Mercedes A Class cars to consumers |
| 2000 |
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easyGroup enters into a formal brand license with easyJet PLC crystalising the concept of brand extension |
| 2000 |
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easyJet PLC is partially floated on the London Stock Exchange |
| 2000 |
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Stelios enters the Guinness Book of Records as the youngest ever scheduled airline chairman when he started easyJet aged 28 |
| 2000 |
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easyInternetcafé enters the Guinness Book of Records as the largest internet café in Times Sq New York |
| 2001 |
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easy.com, the global portal site for all easyGroup businesses goes live |
| 2001 |
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easyValue.com, the shopping comparison site goes live |
| 2001 |
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easyMoney.com offers the first on line credit cards |
| 2001 |
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easyJet PLC acquires go airlines nearly doubling in size |
| 2002 |
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easyJet PLC orders 120 AIRBUS A319 with a further 120 under option |
| 2003 |
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easyCinema.com opens for business |
| 2004 |
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easyBus.co.uk starts operating routes from London |
| 2004 |
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easyHotel.com starts offering great value hotel rooms in more than 20,000 hotels worldwide |
| 2004 |
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easy4men men’s toiletries range goes on sale in 1,000 Boots pharmacy stores in the UK. |
| 2004 |
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easyCar.com offers car rental on a worldwide basis. |
| 2004 |
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easyJobs.com website goes live offering a more efficient marketplace for job seekers in the UK. |
| 2004 |
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easyPizza.com delivers the first pizzas to homes in the UK. |
| 2004 |
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easyMusic.com goes live offering downloads of music tracks from 25p. |
| 2005 |
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easyCruise.com starts accepting online bookings for the summer of 2005. |
| 2005 |
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easyCinema.com offers DVD rentals online in the UK. |
| 2005 |
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easyMobile.com offers sim cards and airtime online in the UK and Holland sparking a price war. |
| 2005 |
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easyJet reaches 100 aircraft in the fleet. |
| 2005 |
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easyMoney.com is expected to start offering motor insurance in the UK. |
| 2005 |
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easyCruiseOne is expected to perform the maiden voyage in the French and Italian Rivieras. |
| 2005 |
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easyWatch.com is expected to start selling watches online. |
| 2005 |
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SKY TV is expected to start broadcasting the docusoap based on easyCruiseOne. |
| 2005 |
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the first actual easyHotel property is expected to open in London. |
| 2005 |
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SKY TV starts broadcasting the docusoap based on easyCruiseOne |
| 2005 |
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the first franchised easyHotel opens in Basel, Switzerland |
| 2005 |
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easyCruiseOne sails to the Caribbean for the winter itinerary in Barbados and 5 other islands |
| 2005 |
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easyMobile.com offers sim cards and airtime online in Holland and Germany |
| 2006 |
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easyPizza.com expands with 9 new franchised outlets on the UK South Coast |
| 2006 |
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easyMoney.com launches additional comparison services for credit cards, loans, current and savings accounts |
| 2006 |
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easyCruise.com announces the itinerary for their second vessel easyCruiseTwo which will sail from Amsterdam to Brussels |
| 2006 |
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easyHotel.com announces a major expansion plan with 38 new hotels to open in the Middle East and North Africa |
| 2006 |
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Queen's birthday honours list announces that Stelios will receive a knighthood for services to entrepreneurship |
| 2006 |
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easyCruiseTwo launches |
| 2007 |
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easyVan launches, offering low cost van hire throughout the UK |
| 2007 |
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easyOffice.co.uk launches offering over 4,000 serviced offices for rent worldwide |
| 2007 |
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The first easyOffice location opens in Kensington High Street |