Low-cost airline easyJet has said passenger demand was hit by the Omicron variant last month - but added it had seen a bounce-back in bookings from the move to scrap Covid travel tests.
The airline said Omicron saw its load factor, a measure of how well it fills its planes, slump to 67 per cent in December after recovering past 80 per cent in October and November.
Despite the impact of Omicron, easyJet slashed headline pre-tax losses in its first quarter to the end of December to £213 million, down from £423 million a year earlier.
