Word: nicole
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...TOBY NICOL, easyJet...
...Both concentrate on major airports in major cities where the pickings are not so sweet, though O'Leary predicted that the deal easyJet announced two weeks ago for a new 11-route base at Berlin's Schönefeld Airport would also fall foul of the forthcoming judgment. Toby Nicol, easyJet's head of corporate affairs, dismisses that prospect: "What Michael is trying do is take a problem which is his and try and pretend that other low-cost airlines will be affected." If Ryanair quits Charleroi, says Will Whitehorn, Virgin's spokesman, "we'll fill our boots at Charleroi...
...major airlines were in big trouble anyway," says Toby Nicol, a spokesman for cut-rate easyJet. "Now they're trying to wiggle out of playing by the rules." A competitor would say that, of course, but he has a point. Before Sept. 11, debt-burdened Swissair, which owned 49.5% of Sabena, was already suffering from a costly expansion strategy that had contributed to $1.7 billion in losses last year. Even far healthier BA had airline analysts worried before the attacks. It had embarked on a risky course to shift its business toward high-end flyers, cutting capacity while spending money...