Easyjet rebuked over ‘misleading’ £5.99 cabin bag deal January 28, 2026 Easyjet has been warned by the advertising watchdog over a “misleading” tab on its website which suggested that passengers could get a large cabin bag ‘from £5.99’. The Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) said it had not seen “sufficient evidence” that it was possible to book large cabin bags at this price across a range of [...]
Easyjet ‘in the firing line’ for FTSE 100 demotion as economic concerns persist November 25, 2025 Easyjet is “in the firing line” for demotion from the FTSE 100 as investors fear the budget airline carrier could be squeezed by Budget tax hikes and weak consumer confidence. The budget airline carrier’s share price fell 1.61 per cent in early morning trading to 472.6 pence, tumbling 14.6 per cent this year to date. [...]
Easyjet takes £15m hit from ‘unacceptable’ French air traffic control strikes July 17, 2025 Easyjet has revealed a hit of around £15m from recent air traffic control disruption in France as it warned the “scale of industrial action” would impact annual profits. “We are extremely unhappy with the strike action by the French ATC in early July, which as well as presenting unacceptable challenges for customers and crew also [...]
Easyjet update in focus after flights cancelled due to French strikes July 13, 2025 Easyjet will be looked to for any guidance on the impact of recent French air traffic control strikes when it updates on Thursday after it revealed hundreds of flights had to be cancelled. The group joined budget rival Ryanair in scrapping flights to and from France for two days in July due to the industrial action, [...]
FTSE 100 held back by Shell and BP as pound hits three-year high June 24, 2025 The FTSE 100 edged up and the pound hit a new high as investors flocked back to risk on Tuesday, but London’s blue-chip index’s rebound was held back by the falling price of oil. The UK’s flagship index nudged up 0.3 per cent in early trading to around 8,7883. But significant gains were held back [...]
FTSE 100 and sterling take a hit after Israel strikes Iran June 13, 2025 The FTSE 100 and pound tumbled Friday morning after Israel launched a flurry of strikes targeting Iran’s nuclear programme. The UK’s blue-chip index was down 0.6 per cent during early trading, led by a slump in the airline sector. BA parent IAG and low-cost airline Easyjet were down nearly four per cent following the crash [...]
Wizz Air: Shares tank as profit tumbles June 5, 2025 Wizz Air reported a hefty drop in annual profit as it grapples with long-running supply chain issues and conflict in Ukraine and the Middle East. Shares tanked 22.7 per cent as markets opened on Thursday. Annual operating profit fell 51.7 per cent year-on-year to €167.5m (£141m), below analyst expectations, even as passenger traffic hit a [...]
Easyjet is ‘significantly undervalued,’ says Peel Hunt May 29, 2025 Easyjet shares edged up on Thursday alongside a bullish earnings outlook from Peel Hunt for the year ahead. “We believe Easyjet is significantly undervalued,” analysts at Peel Hunt said in a note, with shares rising around 2.8 per cent by mid-morning. Sustained travel demand has underpinned the budget airline’s growth and is yet to tail [...]
Easyjet holds guidance as it eyes £700m profit May 22, 2025 Easyjet has doubled down on full-year guidance as forward bookings showed promise ahead of summer. The low-cost carrier said bookings had been such that it expects to meet a prior target of £703m for annual pre-tax profit. Headline pre-tax losses came in at £394m, up 13 per cent year-on-year for the six months ended 31 [...]
Wizz Air: Why airline faces lengthy spell of turbulence February 4, 2025 Wizz Air is facing some turbulence. Despite enjoying its busiest ever year of passenger traffic in 2024, the Hungarian budget carrier can’t seem to turnaround an ailing share price. The stock is down more than 40 per cent over the last 12 months and fell a further three per cent on Monday after analysts at [...]