Articles tagged “easyjet”

Good morning from Skift. It's Tuesday, July 5 in New York City. Here's what you need to know about the business of travel today.

EasyJet's Peter Bellew has resigned as chief operating officer, following weeks of turmoil at the airline.

Airline operations are in shambles this summer. What happened?

EasyJet knows it needs more planes to challenge Ryanair and Wizz Air for a larger slice of the European airline recovery. A new deal with Airbus will help it step up to the challenge.

EasyJet is ready for a slew of eager-to-travel vacationers hitting the beaches of Europe this summer. But even as the budget airline plans to recover to pre-pandemic capacity levels, it continues to rack up losses.

European low-cost carriers are moving in to claim market share as their larger rivals struggle to return to their pre-pandemic size. The discounters are facing off this summer in Southern European leisure destinations.

European airlines remain bullish on summer travel even with a war on the continent. But that's not to say risks don't exist, particularly the closer to the conflict that an airline flies.

Optimism is in the air among United, British Airways, and other airlines. Rightfully so.

The airline industry is taking a wait-and-see approach to the new Omicron variant. But the new variant is the latest indication that rolling travel restrictions and dips in demand in the wake of endemic Covid-19 outbreaks could be just become another facet of the airline business.