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EasyJet said it expected to report record pretax profit for its fourth quarter - from July to September

EasyJet posts strong Q3 results due to strong demand

EasyJet today posted a record pretax profit of £203m for its third quarter, above analysts' forecasts, on the back of an ongoing rebound in summer …

Business • 20 Jul

EasyJet said it was encouraged by strong demand during the Easter weekend despite French strikes and strong bookings for the summer

EasyJet upbeat on profits due to strong travel demand

EasyJet has today forecast profit for financial year 2023 to be ahead of market expectations, encouraged by strong demand during the Easter weekend despite French …

Business • 18 Apr

EasyJet has reported a headline loss before tax of £133m for the quarter to the end of December

EasyJet sees return to profit, strong bookings for 2023

EasyJet said it expected to beat current market expectations for 2023 based on the strength of bookings into summer and was set to deliver a …

Business • 25 Jan

EasyJet is now targetting a 78% drop in emissions by 2050

EasyJet to end carbon offsetting to focus on emissions

EasyJet said today it would scrap its carbon offsetting scheme at the end of the year and instead target a 78% drop in emissions by …

Business • 26 Sep 22

EasyJet has reported a first-half headline loss of £545m - in line with its guidance

EasyJet says bookings strong as it posts £545m H1 loss

Low-cost carrier EasyJet said air travel demand was strong, with bookings in the last 10 weeks consistently above pre-pandemic levels, as it reported a first-half …

Business • 19 May 22

EasyHet bookings jumped in the UK when restrictions were reduced earlier this month

EasyJet expects summer take-off after Omicron hit

EasyJet said the easing of travel restrictions had spurred demand for summer beach destinations such as Greece, Turkey and Spain, giving the airline cause for …

Business • 27 Jan 22

Easyjet's underwriters will now try to procure subscribers for the remaining 21 million shares not taken up by qualifying shareholders at the issue price

Shareholders back EasyJet back rights issue

British airline EasyJet said it had received acceptances from investors for 93% of the new shares it sold as part of a £1.2 billion fully …

Business • 28 Sep 21

EasyJet said the all-share approach - reportedly from Wizz Air - fundamentally undervalued the business

EasyJet rejects Wizz bid, raises $1.7bn to go it alone

EasyJet has rejected a takeover approach from Wizz Air that would have created a low-cost airline to rival Ryanair, opting instead to raise $1.7 billion …

Business • 09 Sep 21

EasyJet said it would report a loss before tax in the range of £690m to £730m for the six months to March

EasyJet sees more flying from late May

EasyJet said it expected to start to fly more passengers from late May onwards and that by then most European countries should be open to …

Business • 14 Apr 21

Johan Lundgren, EasyJet CEO, said there was strong demand for leisure travel

EasyJet calls on UK to outline path out of Covid curbs

Britain must set out how it will ease coronavirus travel restrictions, EasyJet's chief executive said today, a day after the UK government tightened already strict …

Business • 10 Feb 21

EasyJet said its cash burn fell to £40m a week in a fully grounded scenario

EasyJet quarterly revenues slump 88% on Covid curbs

EasyJet has reported an 88% slump in quarterly revenues as passenger numbers collapsed 87%, hit by the second wave of the pandemic in Europe which …

Business • 28 Jan 21

EasyJet said it had seen a 200% increase in searches for both flights and holidays to beach destinations for next year

EasyJet's domestic bookings rise as UK lockdown ends

EasyJet said domestic bookings for December had risen significantly this week compared to last week after news that some Covid-19 restrictions in its UK home …

Business • 26 Nov 20

EasyJet says uncertain on full-year results date

EasyJet is considering options to bolster its finances, and is not against state support to help the airline get through the coronavirus pandemic, chief executive …

Business • 02 Nov 20

EasyJet CEO chides 'fragmented' travel policies

European governments should focus on developing coherent air travel policies as airlines struggle to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic, rather than shielding national carriers, EasyJet …

Business • 15 Sep 20

EasyJet said it remained committed to Berlin but would have to make cuts to its German operations

EasyJet to cut jobs in Berlin, scrap German flights

EasyJet plans to cut jobs and the number of aircraft it has in Berlin and is proposing scrapping domestic German flights as part of its …

Business • 01 Jul 20

EasyJet, which grounded its fleet on March 30, it does not expect passenger demand to recover to pre-pandemic levels until 2023

EasyJet raises cash after losses widen due to Covid-19

Budget airline EasyJet has sought to raise up to £450m via a share placement to help it navigate the Covid-19 pandemic after reporting a bigger …

Business • 25 Jun 20

EasyJet is not expecting travel demand to recover to its pre-coronavirus levels until 2023

EasyJet pushes back new aircraft to 2025

EasyJet said it had pushed back the delivery of 24 aircraft to between 2025 and 2027 and secured additional flexibility on orders from planemaker Airbus …

Business • 16 Jun 20

Having founded EasyJet in 1995, Stelios Haji-Ioannou, quit the board in 2010 and voted against buying new planes in 2013

EasyJet founder fails to oust management

EasyJet said founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou had failed in his attempt to oust key management including the CEO Johan Lundgren.

Business • 22 May 20

EasyJet said its first-half headline pretax loss would narrow from last year when it made a loss of £275m

EasyJet sees improved H1 on strong travel demand

Budget airline EasyJet said it expects its first-half performance to improve from last year, helped by robust travel demand and a slight easing of competition …

Business • 21 Jan 20

Easyjet said it would cost around £25m to offset the emissions in the next financial year

EasyJet to offset carbon emissions from all flights

British budget airline EasyJet said today it would become the world's first majorairline to operate net-zero carbon flights across its whole network by offsetting the …

Business • 19 Nov 19

Easyjet is looking at some of collapsed travel firm Thomas Cook's assets, its CEO said

Easyjet is looking at Thomas Cook assets - CEO

Easyjet is looking at some of collapsed travel firm Thomas Cook's assets, the airline's chief executive Johan Lundgren told German newspaper Die Welt.

Business • 04 Oct 19

EasyJet said it expects to report a first-half pretax loss of about £275m, with costs set to rise 18.8%

EasyJet warns of Brexit hit to European demand

EasyJet today took a more cautious stance on its outlook for the second half of the year as Brexit jitters result in weaker customer demand, …

Business • 01 Apr 19

Easyjet reports full year profits of £578m

EasyJet strikes upbeat tone on bookings despite Brexit

Uncertainty about Brexit negotiations are not hurting sales at EasyJet, its CEO Johan Lundgren said today.

Business • 20 Nov 18

EasyJet's passenger numbers grew by 5.6% to 8.6 million passengers in August

EasyJet still in talks over Alitalia short-haul routes

EasyJet is still engaged in discussions with the Italian government over Alitalia's short-haul operations but any deal needs to make commercial sense, the low-cost carrier's …

Business • 06 Sep 18

EasyJet is benefitting from the collapse of rivals last year and strikes at competitor Air France

EasyJet predicts profit to soar as much as 45% in 2018

EasyJet today raised its profit guidance, forecasting earnings could soar by as much as 45% this year as it benefits from the collapse of rivals …

Business • 18 Jul 18