British low-cost airline EasyJet may scale back its fleet growth plans if the economic climate worsens during 2009, it said today, echoing demands made last year by founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou.
The carrier, which raised its first half revenue forecast last month, said the global downturn would see it adopt a cautious approach to growth and that it would monitor the situation on a monthly basis.
EasyJet currently plans to expand its fleet to 197 planes by 2011 from 165 as of September last year and has placed a major order with EADS-owned Airbus.
Haji-Ioannou said last week that he was concerned about the airline's prospects for this summer and had urged its fleet growth to be capped.
