Eutelsat Com Regulatory News (ETL)

27 Jun 2006 15:12

Eurotunnel PLC/Eurotunnel S.A.27 June 2006 27 June 2006 Eurotunnel carries 100 millionth customer onboard Passenger Shuttle Today, Tuesday 27 June 2006, Eurotunnel celebrated the 100 millionth customersto travel on board the Passenger Shuttle Service which, since December 2004, hastransported cars, coaches, camper vans, caravans and motorcycles betweenFolkestone in Kent and Coquelles, France. Jacques Gounon, Chairman and Chief Executive, welcomed lucky Passenger Shuttlecustomers, Mr and Mrs Thynne, from Eastbourne in Sussex when they arrived at theFolkestone terminal at the beginning of the afternoon. Mr and Mrs T are regular Eurotunnel users, often travelling to the continent forholidays and to visit friends and family. "100 Million, it hardly seems possiblein the short time the Tunnel has been open", said Mr and Mrs Thynne when theyheard the news. "We are great fans of the Eurotunnel service," said Mr Thynne, "it is so fast and easy to use. It's almost as easy to get to the continent astravelling in England..." Mr and Mrs T left the terminal with flowers, champagne and presents from theshops in the Passenger Terminal to celebrate and Jacques Gounon presented themwith a year's worth of free crossings on Eurotunnel's FlexiPlus Service,guaranteeing them priority loading on the next available shuttle whatever timeof day they want to travel. "I am delighted to welcome 100 millionth customers to travel on board ourPassenger Shuttle Service," said Jacques Gounon, "This shows that our service isa real success both commercially and operationally. This success is due to thefundamental advantages of our transport system, whose speed frequency andreliability are unmatched. It is also the result of our continuous efforts tosatisfy our customers and to the constant changes we make to our service to meettheir need, a priority for our Group Our revenue for the first half of 2006 should confirm that we are on the righttracks. According to our estimations, it should be about 2% up on the sameperiod in 2005, even though we have voluntarily adjusted our transport capacityand this year we have not had any benefit from problems at the port of Calais." Ndegrees 982/2006 For media enquiries contact John Keefe on + 44 (0) 1303 284491.Email: John.keefe@eurotunnel.com www.eurotunnel.com Eurotunnel manages the infrastructure of the Channel Tunnel and operatesaccompanied truck shuttle and passenger shuttle (car and coach) services betweenFolkestone, UK and Calais, France. Eurotunnel also earns toll revenue fromtrain operators (Eurostar for rail passengers, and EWS and SNCF for railfreight) which use the Tunnel. Eurotunnel is quoted in London, Paris andBrussels. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange