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Topic: airlines

An easyJet Airbus A320 landing
Companies
Thursday, 7/23, 10:16 AM

EasyJet's profit falls 70% as the oil shock drives up its fuel bill

  • The budget airline easyJet reported headline pre-tax profit of £85 million for the quarter to June, down from £286 million a year earlier, a 70% fall.
  • Revenue actually rose 2% to £2.98 billion.
  • The gap is almost entirely fuel: its bill jumped £105 million as the Middle East conflict pushed oil prices up and softened demand.
A Ryanair Boeing 737-800 at Manchester Airport
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Ryanair to Let Parents Sit With Young Children Free as EU Cracks Down

  • Ryanair will stop charging parents a seat fee to sit beside their young children, a change it frames as a grudging concession to regulators.
  • It lands as the EU finalizes a rule banning the practice across the bloc — and as scrutiny grows of the add-on fees that power low-cost airlines.

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