EasyJet CEO says would be interested in setting up base in Heathrow

The chief executive of low-cost airline EasyJetsaid on Thursday that he would be interested in setting up a base in Heathrow.No reason why we shouldn't be there and be there with a base," EasyJet CEO Johan Lundgren told Reuters on the sidelines of the Paris Air Forum.Lundgren added he felt EasyJet coped well regarding competition from its Irish rival Ryanairat the Southend airport in southern England, and reiterated that EasyJet had no interest in low-cost airline Norwegian Air Shuttle .