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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Simon English

Fears over the pound and travel chaos send FTSE 100 sliding

EasyJet boss Johan Lundgren insisted everyone at the airline is ‘absolutely focused on delivering a safe and reliable operation’ (Matt Alexander/PA)

(Picture: PA Archive)

YESTERDAY’s market optimism seemed to evaporate today in a cloud of worry about the pound, the UK economy and travel despair.

With airlines seemingly in chaos and Britain facing its first national train strike in 25 years, shares wobbled.

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