EasyJet has revealed quarterly losses after taking a £133m hit from recent airport disruption, but insisted its operations are getting back to normal, following cuts to its flight programme.
The budget airline reported a group headline loss before tax of £114m for the three months to 30 June, blaming “widespread operational challenges” and flight cancellations due to staff shortages at airports.
The result marked an improvement on the £318m loss seen a year ago, but showed it remained in the red, despite easyJet’s passenger numbers jumping more than sevenfold to 22 million in the quarter.
