The Notebook: Falling fares spell trouble for airlines while Big Tech set for monster quarter victoria scholar Where the City’s movers and shakers get a few things off their chest. Today, it’s Victoria Scholar, head of investment at Interactive Investor, with the pen, talking airline stocks, Big Tech earnings season and her summer listening picks Turbulence at Ryanair, BA and Easyjet Airline stocks are having a turbulent time. Just on Monday, shares [...]
Easyjet, Ryanair and Wizz Air slam EU plans to exempt long-haul flights from new emissions rules Aviation Three of Europe's biggest budget airlines have hit out at new draft EU proposals to exempt long-haul airlines from rules that would require them to monitor their non-CO2 emissions.
Strong appetite for travel helps Easyjet reduce losses over the winter period travel Easyjet has continued to benefit from travellers' strong appetite for travel in the wake of the pandemic, seeing an uptick in passengers and reducing the traditional "seasonal" winter losses in its half-year trading update.
Easyjet founder calls for budget airline to list in the US February 18, 2024 Easyjet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou has argued that the budget airline should consider pursuing a secondary listing in the US.
Easyjet takes £40m hit from Israel-Gaza war as losses narrow January 24, 2024 Easyjet said renewed conflict in the Middle East wiped £40m off its bottom line in the last quarter, after flights were paused to the region.
Easyjet shares add three per cent as travel remains ‘top priority’ for Britons November 28, 2023 Easyjet has reported a record second half this morning as consumers prioritised holiday spending over the key summer trading period.
Air charge hike is ‘kick in teeth’: Ryanair, British Airways and Easyjet representative slams CAA decision October 26, 2023 Airlines have slammed a decision to raise air traffic control charges as a "kick in the teeth" for passengers, who will see air fares rise.
‘Brand thieves’: Easyjet’s parent firm takes legal action against UK band Easy Life October 3, 2023 Easyjet’s parent company Easygroup is suing a Leicestershire band over the use of ‘easy’ in its name. The artist called Easy Life has said the airline’s biggest shareholder is taking legal action against it, with the aviation giant insisting it has chased numerous similar cases in the past. Easy Life is a five-member band formed [...]
Ryanair and Wizz Air the worst offenders as airlines face ‘drip selling’ allegations August 21, 2023 European airlines have come under fire for ‘drip-selling’ after a report revealed 97 per cent of carriers on the continent are charging at least one “hidden fee” for their services amid already-rising air fares. Drip selling refers to companies hiding the true cost of products and services, by proclaiming one price initially but then charging [...]
15,000 EasyJet passengers hit by flight cancellations at Gatwick due to stormy weather June 12, 2023 Easyjet has cancelled flights affecting over 15,000 passengers, as thunderstorms and poor weather conditions across the UK and Europe caused significant disruption. The budget airline cancelled 54 flights on Sunday and 55 on Monday due to take-off from Gatwick Airport. Easyjet said that “thunderstorms in the Gatwick area restricted the number of arrivals and departures [...]