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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Gwyn Topham and Kalyeena Makortoff

EasyJet forecasts return to near pre-Covid flying levels in 2022

An easyJet Airbus A320-251N takes off from Nice, France.
EasyJet said that since the Easter holiday in mid-April, it had been operating 1,600 flights and carrying up to 250,000 customers a day. Photograph: Eric Gaillard/Reuters

EasyJet said it was heading for summer with “strong momentum and optimism”, flying at near pre-pandemic capacity in peak season as the lifting of Covid restrictions helped the airline narrow its half-year losses and look to a return to profit.

Chief executive Johan Lundgren said easyJet was benefiting from “pent-up demand and removal of travel restrictions” as well as a strategic decision to run more of its flights on popular routes.

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