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EasyJet hopeful of recovery as travel restrictions ease

Government
James Chapple
20 July 2021

EasyJet says it remains confident about the UK’s outbound travel prospects this summer, despite the constraints on leisure travel compared with those in mainland Europe.

EasyJet's Q2 flying programme was impacted by the Omicron variant of Covid-19

The airline on Tuesday (20 July) revealed it has sold significantly more of its intra-EU capacity compared to ex-UK capacity, blaming the uncertainty around the UK’s travel rules.

However, it said it expected the situation to converge now the UK government has waived quarantine for fully vaccinated amber list arrivals.

Posting its third-quarter results on Tuesday (three months to 30 June), easyJet said its "disciplined" approach to capacity and cost management guided the airline to a £318 million pre-tax quarterly loss, an improvement of 8% on the same period last year (£347 million) during which its fleet was fully grounded "for all but two weeks".