Good morning. “How do you make a small fortune from an airline?” groans the old joke. Easyjet, however, has shrugged off a £100 million hit from the falling pound and announced this morning that “it expects profits for 2017 to to be at the upper end of guidance range” alongside its trading update. Passenger numbers for the three months to the end of September were a record 24.1 million, driving a record load factor of 95.6 per cent. “Easyjet has finished the year with continued positive momentum delivering both a strong final quarter and a strong second half,” Carolyn…

Source: The Times October 06, 2017 07:52 UTC