All EasyJet articles – Page 2
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Airline BusinessAirline Business performance tracker: Europe Q2 2023
Key data from the most-recent European earnings period – the April-June 2023 quarter – and the equivalent periods stretching back to the last pre-Covid year, powered by Airline Business Insight
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Airline BusinessIs Ryanair right about competition in Germany’s airline market?
Although Ryanair and its chief executive Michael O’Leary have a long history of criticising Lufthansa’s market dominance, the Irish carrier’s latest complaints regarding German airport fees highlight some noteworthy market dynamics in the country at this stage of the Covid-19 recovery.
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NewsProfitable EasyJet seeks to secure long-term aircraft delivery slots
UK budget carrier EasyJet is looking to secure delivery slots for its long-term fleet plan, in order to replace older aircraft. The airline – which operates an Airbus single-aisle fleet – says it has 163 aircraft on order for delivery to 2028. “We are now running a process to secure ...
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NewsEasyJet blames ATC delays as it cancels 1,700 summer flights
EasyJet has cancelled around 1,700 flights from its summer schedule, blaming European airspace and ATC challenges.
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Airline BusinessAirline Business performance tracker: Europe Q1 2023
Key data from the most-recent European earnings period – the January-March 2023 quarter – and the equivalent periods stretching back to the last pre-Covid year, powered by Airline Business Insight
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NewsEasyJet chief sees chance to ‘significantly’ cut winter losses
Chief executive Johan Lundgren believes EasyJet is in position to significantly reduce losses incurred over the winter and ultimately for the off-season period to become profitable for the carrier.
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NewsEasyJet leasing older A320s to reinforce fleet capacity
UK budget carrier EasyJet is looking to reinforce its fleet with the lease of older Airbus A320s which would be delivered by the end of this year. The airline says it has a commitment to lease 11 mid-life A320s up to the first quarter of its 2023-24 fiscal year, which ...
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NewsEasyJet narrows first-half losses
EasyJet cut pre-tax losses to £411 million for the first six months of its financial year on revenues 80% up year-on-year.
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NewsEasyJet drives development of hydrogen propulsion as battery power loses spark
EasyJet continues to back hydrogen as the budget carrier’s most likely future fuel, having quietly shelved interest in all-electric short-haul aircraft as part of its decarbonisation plan.
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NewsEasyJet sees full-year profits beating expectations
UK low-cost carrier EasyJet cites strong demand and booking levels for projecting it will exceed current market expectations and make a headline pre-tax profit of £260 million ($322 million) for the year ending 30 September 2023.
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Airline BusinessWhy Lufthansa chief likens Europe’s airlines to German cars, Swiss watches and French handbags
The Airlines for Europe (A4E) Aviation Summit on 29 March saw the chief executives of Europe’s biggest airlines make familiar pleas to the European Commission for action on topics such as sustainable aviation fuel, EU261 and air traffic management.
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NewsRyanair's O'Leary rounds on regulators for failing to act on ATC strikes
Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary fears improved service reliability this summer from higher staffing levels across the airport ecosystem could be offset by the impact of air traffic control strikes and continued airspace restrictions because of the war in Ukraine.
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Airline BusinessAirline Business performance tracker: Europe Q4 2022
Key data from the most-recent European earnings period – the fourth quarter of 2022 – and the equivalent periods stretching back to the last pre-Covid year, powered by Airline Business Insight
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NewsEasyJet expects to beat full-year profit expectations after cutting Q1 losses
EasyJet expects to beat current market expectations for full-year profits after narrowing losses in a stronger than expected first quarter of its financial year.
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Airline BusinessAirline share prices weaker at end-2022 versus end-2021 despite demand recovery
Airline share prices ended 2022 down on the same point 12 months earlier, following a challenging year for wider economies around the world
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Airline BusinessHow far through recovery are European airlines?
A carrier-by-carrier guide to the progress European airlines continued to make in their recovery from the Covid-19 crisis during the past year and a look at how much further they have to go in 2023.
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Airline BusinessAirline Business performance tracker: Europe Q3 2022
Key data from the most-recent European earnings period – the third quarter of 2022 – and the equivalent periods stretching back to the last pre-Covid year, powered by Airline Business Insight
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NewsEasyJet chief sees consolidation through retrenchments not mergers
EasyJet chief executive Johan Lundgren believes consolidation in Europe is more likely to happen through legacy carrier retrenchments rather than merger and acquisition (M&A) activity, in part because of state support keeping failing carriers in operation.
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NewsEasyJet positions to meet summer restoration of capacity
UK budget carrier EasyJet is taking steps to ensure it and suppliers have sufficient labour to meet a further pick-up in demand, as it aims to return to pre-pandemic capacity levels next summer.
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NewsStrong summer quarter helps EasyJet cut full-year losses
Despite remaining in the red, EasyJet is pointing to a record earnings performance in the quarter ended 30 September, which helped to wipe £1 billion ($1.2 billion) off its full-year losses.