There was much scepticism around the airline's plans when it launched.

As the airline signals ambitions to add more flights in Scotland, Business Editor Ian McConnell looks back to where it all began.

The scepticism when easyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou revealed his bold plans for the airline, ahead of its first flight in November 1995 between London Luton and Glasgow Airport, is something that sticks in the memory.

A big part of his pitch was, of course, the price of the flights.

And some people scratched their heads over how easyJet could possibly make money as it offered a £29 one-way flight between Glasgow and London.

Such flight prices are commonplace today, especially for those with major flexibility on dates.

However, while Ryanair had by the time of easyJet’s launch moved into the low-cost arena, Sir Stelios (knighted in 2006 for services to entrepreneurship) was in 1995 making his pitch long before budget fares became a mass market thing for people in the UK flying overseas or domestically.

I remember interviewing easyJet’s founder for The Herald, just ahead of the airline launching its flights.

And I recall much of the questioning was around the low fares and how the business model stacked up.

There was probably a fair degree of scepticism in the questioning.

However, after the interview, I was left with the firm impression, even as many appeared to scoff at what was proposed, that his plans for easyJet might........

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