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Budget carrier easyJet tempts customers as British Airways adds fuel tariff.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, November, 2004
By Ian Lyall, Daily Mail, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Nov. 6--All eyes will be on British Airways next week as easy-Jet confirmed that it was poaching BA passengers frightened off by the flag carrier's fuel surcharge.
BA -- with interim figures out on Monday -- slapped a 20 pounds tariff on long-haul tickets to cover the spiralling cost of running its fleet, while it has added an extra 8 pounds to the price of domestic and European returns.
Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary warned earlier this week of a winter bloodbath as weaker players in the sector succumb to the harsher operating environment.
EasyJet has tempted BA passengers on board its aircraft with fares as low as 50 pence.
It carried 2.4 million...
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