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 [...]
Ryanair profit falls as Boeing delivery delays bite May 19, 2025 Ryanair’s annual profit dipped significantly in its latest financial period despite passenger numbers reaching record levels, as the Irish airline took a swipe at Boeing for aircraft delivery delays. Europe’s largest airline reported a 16 per cent decline in post-tax profit to €1.61bn (£1.4bn) over the 12 months ended 31 March. Ryanair blamed the drop [...]
Brits back Ryanair calls for two drink limit at UK airports April 22, 2025 Brits overwhelmingly back a two drink limit at UK airports to stop drunken passengers disrupting flights, a new survey has found. Yasper Communications agency polled more than 2,500 people and found 60.7 per cent either agreed or agreed strongly with the idea. Only 10.8 per cent of Brits disagreed or disagreed strongly with the introduction [...]
China halts Boeing deliveries as trade war intensifies April 15, 2025 China has instructed its airlines to stop taking deliveries from Boeing, in the latest twist in the country’s fast-moving trade war with the US. Sources familiar with the matter told Bloomberg that officials had also requested Chinese carriers halt purchases of any aircraft-related equipment and parts from US companies. Donald Trump has imposed tariffs as [...]
Ryanair at court seeking to appeal employment rights case April 1, 2025 Budget airline Ryanair is in court today seeking to overturn a decision on the worker status of a Ryanair pilot
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 [...]
Wizz Air boss likely to miss out on £100m bonus as shares struggle January 27, 2025 The recent performance of Wizz Air’s share price suggests the company’s boss is set to miss out on a £100m bonus payout. The controversial bonus for CEO Jozsef Varadi was approved by shareholders in 2021. Under the terms of the agreement – the biggest bonus award in the history of the London Stock Exchange – [...]
Ryanair: ‘Boeing delays have forced us’ to slash passenger forecasts January 27, 2025 Ryanair has slashed its traffic forecasts as a result of ongoing delivery delays from the embattled US planemaker, Boeing. The budget airline said it no longer expects Boeing to deliver sufficient aircraft to meet a 2026 target of 210m passengers. “Boeing delays have forced us to revise our full-year traffic target to 206m, just three [...]
Easyjet reaffirms guidance as losses narrow significantly January 22, 2025 Easyjet has reaffirmed full-year profit guidance after quarterly losses more than halved and booking momentum continued to build ahead of the busier easter and summer months. The budget airline expects to report a headline pre-tax profit of £709m in 2025, up from a prior year haul of £610m and in line with consensus. It said [...]