EasyJet Flies Toward Uncertain Summer of a European Slowdown
Photo Credit: An EasyJet aircraft taking off. The carrier has maintained its profit guidance. Flickr / Rob Hodgkins
Skift Take
It's not a great time to be running a European short-haul airline, but EasyJet is trying to make the best of it. While growing its holiday and business travel offerings is probably a smart move, it's difficult to see them making much of a difference if the economic climate keeps getting worse.
Brexit and the wider economic slowdown in Europe are making things tough for low-cost carrier EasyJet as the airline tries to navigate through a tricky summer period.
The Luton-based firm said revenue per seat was likely to fall in the second half of its financial year but added that changes it had made to improve its resilience to deal with strikes and air traffic control delays would help.
EasyJet’s pretax loss wide
