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EasyJet flight travelling from London to Menorca was intercepted by fighter jet Teenage passenger on board made a hoax bomb threat on social media Aircraft was immediately escorted to a security area after landing

Vrieswijik, with over 25 years of experience in aviation and travel industry, comes at the helm following the resignation of Wolfgang Prock-Schauer last December.

Berlin Airport, which operates Tegel and Schoenefeld, said 455 flights had been cancelled at Tegel and 204 at Schoenefeld as of 0615 GMT.

The airline, easyJet, has apologised after the incident at Stansted last week as the three were heading to Naples for a weekend getaway. 

A British man was removed from a London-bound easyJet plane by police after a fellow passenger complained that she "did not feel safe" with him.

British budget airline Easyjet Tuesday said it had cancelled all flights to and from the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh until next year over security doubts raised by the downing of a Russian jet.

Easyjet is based in Luton north of London.

That compared with £581 million in the company`s previous fiscal year, EasyJet said in an upbeat statement on its third quarter or three months to the end of June.

EasyJet`s total revenues meanwhile swelled by 6.3 percent to £4.527 billion.

The British airline said it now expected pre-tax profit for the 12 months to September 30 of between £575 million and £580 million.