easyjet, the number of people carried is up.co, will the financial director go as early as next week? back very shortly. ♪ >> welcome back to "on the move ". i am francine lacqua at bloomberg european headquarters in london. let's see how things are shaping up. this is the picture overall for the markets. today is jobs day in the u.s., so watch out for that. holdingar has been gains. , i guess, makeus or break the trading day. these are the currencies. au can see the dollar nearing 10-week high against the yen. watch out for fx. these are the bloomberg top headlines. nigeria may overtake south africa as the continent's biggest economy when they publish new data this weekend. the size of nigeria's economy maybe be boosted by nearly 60%. >> i have been traveling to africa quite a lot. i have been in nigeria more than any other part of the world other than the u.s. over the past 12 months. i do not know if that is a leading or lagging indicator or what. >> u.s. defense secretary chuck hagel says stationing a permanent army brigade

to competedesigned with easyjet and ryanair and the other local carriers that fly in europe erie it -europe. another reason why the legacy carriers are going to struggle is because their offerings get caught up in the strikes. >> this is ironic. german wings has just taken up a mantle of operating all offshore flights except those that come through frankfurt. the raison d'etre behind that is coming out of a christoph france scheme. the operation must make money. we don't see strikes from ryanair, easyjet has had a couple of small skirmishes but they are not striking either. customers can depend on those airlines. they deliver reliable punctuality along with pricing. it doesn't suggest this issue of , thenor shall cost level it will lose ground in the future. >> do you think they will? do you think this is something ont they are trying to be top of? i know you can't always be on top of it but this is one of the priorities. there is a likely chance that it will be fixed. >> the question is whether management can be tougher. lufthansa has done a good job at reducing costs but when it com

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let's talk about easyjet. >> brighter spot. passengers are up again.rcent in march. set to gain in terms of its share price. 2-3%.sent -- 5 million customers in march. they have been trying to make inroads and ryan air. she led the charge making it a nicer experience. iran number working in baking. we did used to use easyjet. more people have caught on to it. >> now you are ticketed. you have a seat. is acceptable, especially in the era of austerity. >> ryan air has been taking a leaf out of their book. with the website. giving a located seats -- alloc ated seats. >> watch out for the opening of european markets. pointing a little bit upwards. on the move is next. gauging the expectations for the job date. is the market too optimistic? i will see you again monday. ♪ . . >> welcome to "on the move". i am francine lacqua at bloomberg european headquarters in london. coming up, we will speak to a former ecb board member. first, we are moments away from the start of european trading. our markets team has everything covered, from companies to currencies. th

easyjet managers painted a bleak picture of management at the airport. >> what i confronted was the physicalroportions. i had to stand on a balcony on a table to be seen to look over 3000 customers to quiet them, and in one of three occasions where i had to address the passengers to explain what had happened, the flooding in the airport. explaining that they should expect to have some delays. >> things got worse as the day wore on. >> at about 10:45, the police asked all of our staff to vacate baggage claim because of hostility and public order consequences. that is why you wouldn't see any of our staff past 11:00 in the evening. the police took all of our leaflets, our literature, which is part and parcel of our organization. >> we had the rail services down to brighton. we have the rail services down to london. we had places closed for flooding. when you take all of that information, which was what was on our plate early christmas eve, in retrospect, looking back, we should have canceled the flights earlier. in the future, that is a decision we will make. >> at the start of february, a str