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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Simon English

Easyjet splashes out on new planes one day after cancelling thousands of flights

EasyJet boss Johan Lundgren said ‘we are taking pre-emptive actions to increase resilience over the balance of summer’ (EasyJet/PA)

(Picture: PA Media)

Easyjet is to spend billions on 56 new aircraft as it moves to deal with a surge in demand for air travel post the pandemic lockdown.

That comes one day after it said it would cancel 10,000 flights this summer due to chaos at airports and a staffing crisis.

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