easyJet appoints new UK Country Manager

easyJet has appointed Kevin Doyle as its UK Country Manager. He will be instrumental in delivering easyJet’s strategic direction and commercial success in the UK.

As the UK’s largest airline, easyJet bases 183 aircraft and employs around 14,000 people at 10 bases across the UK. The airline will also open 11^th UK base opening next spring at Newcastle International Airport.

easyJet’s UK unrivalled network offers 540 routes to 124 destinations across Europe and beyond, and flies around 50 million passengers to and from the UK a year every year.

Kevin has been with easyJet since 2006 in a variety of roles across Network Development, and Operations Control as well as Finance and Ground Operations, most recently managing the safety and operational performance across UK airports and leading planning, policy and standards.

He will be working closely with teams across the airline’s 10 UK bases and will report to Group Markets Director Thomas Haagensen. Kevin takes over from Ali Gayward who, after 15 years in the role, has retired from easyJet.

Commenting on his new role, Kevin said:

“I’m proud to be stepping into this key role for easyJet bringing my extensive operational experience to what is a hugely exciting position. As the UK’s largest airline, easyJet plays a major role in the country’s aviation industry and I look forward to working with all our stakeholders as we continue to grow and invest in the UK.”

Thomas Haagensen, easyJet’s Group Markets Director, said:

“Kevin brings exceptional operational experience and insight to the role and has a track record in delivering commercially focused improvements. He will make a fantastic addition to our team as we continue offering more choice and making it easy and affordable for our customers to fly from the UK to Europe and beyond.”

For further information, please contact the easyJet Press Office via medicentre.easyJet.com/contacts or on 01582 525252

About easyJet

easyJet is one of Europe’s largest airlines offering a unique and winning combination of the best route network connecting Europe’s primary airports with great value fares and friendly service. easyJet flies on more of Europe’s most popular routes than any other airline and carried more than 100 million passengers in 2024. The airline has over 340 aircraft flying on over 1,000 routes to more than 160 airports across 35 countries. Over 300 million Europeans live within one hour’s drive of an easyJet airport.

easyJet aims to be a good corporate citizen, employing people on local contracts in nine countries across Europe in full compliance with national laws and recognising their trade unions. The airline supports several local charities and has a corporate partnership with UNICEF which has raised over £17m for the most vulnerable children since it was established in 2012.

In 2022, easyJet published its roadmap to net zero by 2050. The roadmap, which also features a combination of fleet renewal, operational efficiencies, airspace modernisation, Sustainable Aviation Fuel and carbon removal technology, has set an ambitious interim carbon emissions intensity reduction target of 35% by 2035, validated by the Science-based targets initiative (SBTi). The airline’s ultimate aim is to fully transition its fleet to zero carbon emission technology, which it will achieve through a number of strategic partnerships including with Airbus, Rolls-Royce and GKN Aerospace Solutions. Since 2000, the airline has successfully reduced its carbon emissions per passenger, per kilometre by one-third and is the number 1 ESG rated airline in Europe by Sustainalytics, MSCI and CDP.

Innovation is in easyJet’s DNA – since launching nearly 30 years ago, easyJet changed the way people fly to the present day where the airline leads the industry in digital and operational innovations to make travel more easy and affordable for its passengers. In 2023 easyJet was named by TIME as one of the World’s Best Companies and a Leader in Diversity 2024 by The Financial Times.