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EasyJet secures funding to sustain nine-month grounding

Air
James Chapple
16 April 2020

EasyJet has revealed it has raised sufficient cash reserves to guard against a "prolonged grounding" of up to nine months.

The Bilbao-bound aircraft left Manchester after 2.30pm on Sunday (7 August) but had to divert back following the incident as a precaution

The airline on Thursday (16 April) confirmed it had agreed a further two loans worth in the region of £400 million, secured against aircraft assets, and anticipates raising a further £400 million to £550 million by selling and leasing back a number of aircraft.


This comes in addition to it having, earlier this month, secured £600 million from the government’s Covid Corporate Financing Facility, and drawing down $500 million from an existing credit facility.


In total, easyJet says its notional cash balance currently stands at around £3.3 billion.