Speaking to TTG as eSky’s acquisition was confirmed in China and the UK, French said he saw opportunities to strengthen the brand’s position in Ireland and to offer more long-haul using its new owner’s flight stock.
French said the business carried around 100,000 UK passengers last year with total transaction value of around £90 million, and had made a “small profit” in the first half of 2024 with a UK market share of around 2%.
This had followed two years of losses, he said. “We launched the business very quickly in 2020 at what we thought was the back end of Covid,” French told TTG.
