easyJet Share News (EZJ)

Easyjet traffic and load factor rise in January

(ShareCast News) - Budget airline easyJet posted a rise in traffic and the load factor in January. Passenger numbers were up 11% from the same month last year to 4.75m as the load factor - which gauges how full the flights are - edged up to 86.2% from 85%. On a rolling 12-month basis, traffic grew

UPDATE 1-Foreign flights to slip under the radar of EU emissions limits

* EU exempted foreign flights from scheme until 2017 * UN agency approved deal to curb aviation emissions in Oct * EU proposes extending exemption until at least 2021 * UN deal enters into force in 2021 (Adds reaction from airlines, environmental group) By Julia Fioretti

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UPDATE 2-Wizz Air cuts annual profit estimate as competition bites

* Full-year profit guidance cut, Q3 disappoints * Sterling drop hits revenue * Airline ramps up expansion plans (Adds detail, interview quotes, analyst comment) By Alistair Smout LONDON, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Eastern European-focused Wizz Air cut its full-year profit estima

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EasyJet flies lower on Cantor downgrade

(ShareCast News) - Budget airline easyJet flew lower on Monday as Cantor Fitzgerald downgraded its stance on the stock to 'hold' from 'buy' saying it reckons the shares will trade in a fairly tight range for the next quarter. The brokerage said EZJ reported a "generally upbeat" first quarter last we

FTSE 100 movers: Tesco gains while Sainsbury's loses out

(ShareCast News) - The FTSE 100 index rose 0.17% to 7,173.75 in the late afternoon. Supermarket giant Tesco climbed as it announced it has agreed to merge with the UK's largest food wholesale operator Booker Group. Under the terms of the merger, each Booker scheme shareholder would receive 0.861 new

Friday broker round-up

(ShareCast News) - Diageo: Berenberg reiterates buy with a target price of 2430p. Royal Dutch Shell A: HSBC reiterates buy, 2600p target. Vodafone: Deutsche Bank reiterates buy with a 285p target. Anglo American: UBS reiterates neutral with a 1250p target. Easyjet: Deutsche Bank reiterates hold w

LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: Tesco-Booker Steal Show Before May-Trump Meeting

BUZZ-Airlines: sector in focus as brokers shuffle ratings

** Airlines sector in focus as Goldman Sachs and Davy both publish notes on the sector ** Goldman says "prefer North Atlantic to cloudy Europe" - sees transatlantic routes improving, upgrades IAG to "buy" from "neutral", hikes PTs for AirFrance KLM ("hold"), and Lufthansa ("sell"), both of

EasyJet flies lower on Goldman, Davy downgrades; IAG gets a boost

(ShareCast News) - Shares in budget airline easyJet flew lower on Friday as Goldman Sachs and Davy downgraded their stances on the stock. Goldman downgraded easyJet to 'neutral' from 'buy' and cut the price target to 970p from 1,160p, citing a deteriorating free cash flow outlook. The bank said ong

Wednesday broker round-up

(ShareCast News) - Paddy Power: Barclays reiterates Overweight with a target price of 110p. Reckitt Benckiser: Berenberg upgrades to Buy with a target price of 7,900p. Crest Nicholson: Deutsche Bank reiterates Hold with a target price of 564p. BT Group: Citi reiterates Buy with a target price of 4

Hamburg Airport flights disrupted due to server problems

FRANKFURT, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Travellers faced delays at Hamburg Airport on Wednesday after a partial server failure disrupted flight operations, the airport said on Twitter. It said it halted flights at 8.31 am local time (0731 GMT). By mid-morning, some flights had resumed, said Hamburg A

BT warning, poor earnings weigh on European shares; Generali rallies

* STOXX 600 ends up 0.2 pct * BT dives after profit warning * Aryzta, easyJet also drop after results * Generali jumps on takeover speculation (Adds details, closing prices) By Kit Rees LONDON, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Europe's earnings season got off to a rocky start on

Miners help Britain's FTSE to shrug off BT slump

* FTSE 100 index ends flat * Miners among top gainers * BT slumps after profit warning (Adds detail, closing prices) By Atul Prakash LONDON, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Britain's top share index ended little changed on Tuesday, with a rally in mining companies offseting a slump i