The British low-cost airline would like to increase its capacities for the summer in view of the growing number of passengers. In the months of July to September, the offered capacity should reach up to 60 percent of the level from 2019, the company announced. 

The number of passengers has recently increased from month to month. While Easyjet had around 524.000 passengers in April, it was already 870.000 in May and almost 1,6 million in June. In view of the uncertainty resulting from the pandemic, customers booked significantly more quickly, it said.

Millions in losses

According to its own information, the low-coster has only sold 49 percent of the tickets for the current quarter. Two years ago, at this point in time, it was already 65 percent. Customers are particularly careful with flights to and from the UK.

In the third quarter of the business year, the airline posted a loss of the equivalent of 370 million euros before taxes and special effects, as the company announced on the basis of preliminary figures. A year earlier, the minus was even higher at around 430 million euros after the travel restrictions as a result of the coronavirus pandemic had largely brought the flight business in Europe to a standstill.