Stelios Haji-Ioannou

Europe's second largest no-frills carrier has been embroiled in a dispute about growth plans with its largest shareholder, Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, but this morning confirmed that it will expand by 7.5% a year until the middle of the next...

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...per cent to 10 per cent over the next five years. The airline has resolved a long-running row with its founder and biggest shareholder, Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, over growth plans, agreeing a fleet expansion programme at a rate of 7.5 per...

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...short-haul networks, said the merger would lead to higher fares. Ryanair compared the deal to "two drunks propping each other up" while Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the largest shareholder in easyJet, urged both companies to drop their...

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EasyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou, who thwarted management plans to boost capacity, said rival Ryanair is courting disaster if chief Michael O'Leary sticks with his growth strategy. Ryanair needs to increase passenger numbers by 50pc...

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...asked Bill Gates and Paul Allen? If you had been planning the future of European aviation in the 1980s, would you have asked Michael O'Leary or Stelios Haji-Ioannou? If you had been planning the future of retailing in the 1990s would you have...

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He said talks were proving difficult because of "internal turmoil" at the aerospace group. However, his remarks prompted easyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou to question Ryanair's strategy. He said he had been warning for a year that Mr...

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...state-of-the-art ground and will sell naming rights to the highest bidder. There was some talk of Easyjet owner and big Spurs fan Stelios Haji-Ioannou weighing up a bid, but now the budget airline chief has ruled out a move. A spokesman...

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Last updated at 9:15 PM on 24th September 2009 Easyjet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has raised GBP7.5million by using 2million shares in the budget airline as collateral on a loan from investment bank Credit Suisse. The entrepreneur...

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...small part of Sir Stelios' holding of 66m shares in easyJet, equivalent to 15.6pc of the company. Sir Stelios gave no details on whether he would retain the voting rights to the 2m shares, though easyJet implied he would not, saying...

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...entrepreneur told The Times that he believed the recession had created a number of opportunities that he was hoping to exploit. In particular, he was keen to buy commercial property in London in order to expand his easyHotel and...

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