Airlines shrugged off economic doom and gloom to declare they expect a bumper winter flight schedule. Meanwhile, the UK's biggest budget airline Easyjet said it will carry 20m passengers in the three months to January – a 30 per cent jump from last year. Easyjet boss Johan Lundgren hailed a 'record bounce-back' over this summer and said there is 'continued demand' for summer next year. And Easyjet said disruption caused by the Omicron Covid variant and the war in Ukraine all fed into the losses. Victoria Scholar, Interactive Investor's investment head, said Easyjet was boosted by pent up demand for summer sunshine.

Source: Daily Mail October 14, 2022 07:25 UTC