EasyJet says the Omicron version already has an impact on deletion | easyJet
EasyJet said short-term bookings have been weak since the new version of Omicron was introduced amid concerns about travel bans, but it is still waiting for passenger numbers to return to near pre-pandemic levels by the end of the summer.
The road reported a pre-tax loss of 1. 1.1 billion for the year ended September 30, much larger than the 8 835 million loss made in 2020 but better than analysts had expected.
Johan Lundgren, chief operating officer, said that although “a lot remains unclear when we travel in the winter”, the plane hopes to benefit from the return.
“We see a very strong demand next summer,” Lundgren said, “because there is a very strong closed demand. We have more revenue for next summer than we have for the summer of 2019 at this time.”
On demand since the release of the new version, easyJet said: “It is too early to say what impact Omicron may have on European travel and any other short-term bans that may result.
“However, we have prepared ourselves for such indefinite times. When we saw an increase in turnover in the first quarter with some trade flexibility [October to December] It is really gratifying to see that we are still seeing good levels of new separation for the second half.
Revenues from disbursements for the spring and summer of 2022 are moving ahead of the 2019 levels. EasyJet said demand was strong during key seasons such as mid-October as well as for ski and Christmas holidays. It increases the number of flights and flies another 25 aircraft, with plans to return to 70% of its pre-pandemic capacity in the second quarter, and at levels close to 2019 in the summer.
Lundgren said the UK decision to put several countries in South Africa on the red list of the toughest travel bans was an important milestone. Still he asked for expensive “free PCR testing” for travelers entering the UK, which “once again alienates the UK government in Europe”. The government had only recently changed the need for back-flow tests on day 2, in time for the half-time breaks at the end of October.
The threat posed by the “highly mutated” version of Omicron reflects the “dangerous and dangerous” situation in the world, the head of the World Health Organization said on Monday.
Stock markets fell on Tuesday after the chief executive of the American biotech firm Moderna, Stéphane Bancel, said in an interview with the Financial Times that it would take several months before a special Omicron injection was produced in the scale.
