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EasyJet to hike capacity to ‘near 2019 levels’ this summer

Operators
James Chapple
19 May 2022

EasyJet will hike capacity to "near 2019 flying levels" this summer, while annual easyJet holidays passenger numbers are on course to exceed a million for the first time.

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

Chief executive Johan Lundgren said on Thursday (19 May) the budget carrier expected to operate 90% of 2019 capacity in the airline’s third quarter (six months to 30 June) and 97% in Q4 (three months to 30 September).


EasyJet holidays, meanwhile, is "on track", said Lundgren, to carry more than 1.1 million customers in the year to 30 September, which would see it become the UK’s third largest tour operator after Tui and Jet2holidays.