Budget airline easyJet has revealed quarterly losses after it took a £133 million hit from recent airport disruption. It reported a pre-tax loss of £114 million for the three months to June 30, blaming “widespread operational challenges” and flight cancellations due to staff shortages at airports.
The result marked an improvement on the £318 million loss seen a year ago, but comes despite its passenger numbers jumping more than seven fold to 22 million in the quarter. However, easyJet boss Johan Lundgren said: “We have taken action to build the additional resilience needed this summer and the operation has now normalised.
"Despite the loss this quarter due to the short-term disruption issues, the return to flying at scale has demonstrated that the strategic initiatives launched during the pandemic are delivering now and with more to come.”
