2012-10-22 — /travelprnews.com/ — easyJet, the UK’s largest and one of Europe’s leading airlines, is today launching a dedicated US website in response to growing demand from customers in the USA. Visits from the US now feature in easyJet’s top ten league table by volume. The UK tops the chart with France taking second place and Italy a close third.
As well as benefitting from a dedicated homepage, US customers booking through the new site will be able to book their flights in dollars for the first time by logging onto www.easyjet.com/us
Peter Duffy, Marketing Director for easyJet commented:
“More than 90,000 US customers visit easyJet.com every week and this number continues to grow. The USA now has the ninth most visitors with more than 360,000 visits in September alone.
“The UK retains the number one spot with almost 14m visits during September.
“More than half (55%) of the Americans visiting easyJet.com come to the site directly which shows that easyJet holds a truly global appeal and has a strong brand presence in countries thousands of miles from the nearest easyJet airport.”
“This is not just about hits to the website. We take hundreds of thousands of bookings from the US (and beyond) each month. Just like our European passengers they are a mix of people doing business or holidaying in Europe.”
The US is not the only far-flung country where news of easyJet’s friendly service and affordable fares has reached. Millions of people visit easyJet.com from Australia, Canada and Brazil. easyJet can also reveal more surprising statistics which show that easyJet.com has received 1347 visits from the Congo, 1010 from Uzbekistan and 2695 from Ethiopia!
The top ten countries – visits by volume in September:
1. UK
2. France
3. Italy
4. Spain
5. Switzerland
6. Germany
7. Portugal
8. Netherlands
9. Greece
10. United States
The top ten by volume of far flung non-easyJet destinations:
| 1. | United States | 362,180 |
| 2. | Australia | 81,196 |
| 3. | Canada | 79,381 |
| 4. | Brazil | 58,690 |
| 5. | India | 36,421 |
| 6. | South Korea | 34,792 |
| 7. | Japan | 30,717 |
| 8. | Argentina | 28,789 |
| 9. | Mexico | 26,450 |
| 10. | Hong Kong | 18,726 |
For further details please contact Anna.knowles@easyJet.com or call 01582 525252.
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About easyJet:
easyJet operates Europe’s No. 1 air transport network with a leading presence on Europe’s top 100 routes and at Europe’s 50 largest airports.
easyJet flies on more than 600 routes between over 130 airports in 30 countries. More than 300 million Europeans live within one hour’s drive of an easyJet airport, more than any other airline.
The airline takes sustainability seriously. easyJet invests in the latest technology, operates efficiently and fills most of its seats which means that an easyJet passenger’s carbon footprint is 22% less than a passenger on a traditional airline, flying the same aircraft on the same route.
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