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Hundreds of flights canceled by BA and EasyJet, amid COVID staff sickness

EasyJet

After high level of COVID-19 infection among staff, EasyJet and British Airways have been forced to cancel flights, in the reflection of rising cases in UK, after the removal of almost all pandemic restrictions. Since Friday EasyJet has cancelled 222, coronavirus absences. According to them it had made efforts to offset staff shortages by registering … Read more

EasyJet halves first-quarter loss despite Omicron

EasyJet

LONDON: British airline EasyJet slashed losses by half in the first quarter, despite the emergence of the Omicron coronavirus variant which disrupted the travel industry, it said on Thursday. Pre-tax losses stood at £213 million ($288 million, €255 million) in the three months to the end of December, after a £423 million loss in the … Read more

EasyJet warns ‘too soon’ to assess omicron impact, cuts losses

omicron

LONDON: British airline EasyJet warned on Tuesday that it was “too soon” to assess the impact of the Omicron coronavirus variant on the aviation sector, after logging narrowing annual losses as skies reopened. The emergence last week of Omicron, a new concerning Covid variant first detected in southern Africa, has prompted some nations including Britain … Read more

EasyJet discards takeover proposal, plots $2.0 bn lifeline

EasyJet

British airline EasyJet on Thursday publicized it had forbidden an unwanted takeover approach from an unknown suitor and revealed plans to boost its finances battered by pandemic effect.

EasyJet said in a statement that the bid had unappreciated the group, adding that the suitor was no longer considering a proposal and that the airline would now sell new shares to increase around £1.2 billion ($1.6 billion, 1.4 billion euros).

EasyJet temporarily added that it had protected a new credit facility totaling $400 million.

The coronavirus crunch and travel limitations have rocked airlines globally.

Chief executive Johan Lundgren stated the financing enhancement would also place EasyJet for development, letting it take benefit of investment chances “as the European aviation industry emerges from the pandemic”.

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