Dame Carolyn McCall, chief executive of easyJet, said that the difficult environment was an opportunity to become stronger ReutersEasyJet warned that the weak pound would blow a £90 million hole in its finances this year, sending shares in the airline sliding by as much as 9 per cent. The fall in the value of shares in the Luton-based carrier has been so sharp since summer that easyJet is in danger of being evicted from the FTSE 100 in the next reshuffle in December. EasyJet has faced a toxic mix of terrorist attacks in France, air traffic control strikes and the post-Brexit weakening of the pound. It said that its profits for the past 12 months were likely to…

Source: The Times October 06, 2016 15:56 UTC