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Jet2 plc closing in on £537m Covid cash boost

Government
James Chapple
3 June 2021

Jet2 plc is looking to secure a further £537 million to bolsters its finances with travel still yet to take off in any significant volumes some 15 months into the Covid crisis.

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New routes include Rome, Malta, Chambery and Prague

The airline and operator has secured a new £150 million loan, and hopes to raise an additional £387 million through a bond offering.


It comes in addition to the £1 billion Jet2 has already raised over the past year, which includes securing £200 million from the government’s Covid corporate financing facility.


Jet2 said its liquidity position was "strong" as of 31 March, with total cash of £1.38 billion and own cash, excluding customer deposits, of £1.06 billion – double the levels at the end of its 2019/20 full-year (to 31 March 2020).