The airline’s chief executive officer, Johan Lundgren, told ITT delegates in Split that the government’s proposed levy of 49p per passenger for those booking flight-only was unfair on airlines who pose “significantly less risk” of going bust than others.
“If there is to be a protection scheme, it needs to be risk-based,” he insisted in an interview with TTG editor Sophie Griffiths. “EasyJet has the second strongest balance sheet in aviation in Europe; why should we pay the same amount when the risk of us going bust is significantly less than others?”
“We should pay zero,” he suggested.
