easyJet Share News (EZJ)

UPDATE 4-EasyJet hit by weaker pound as low-fare battle rages

* Sees 105 mln stg hit from FX, fuel vs 90 mln before * Sees high single digit fall in H1 ticket prices * Shares fall as much as 10 percent (Adds shareholder comment, updates shares) By Sarah Young LONDON, Jan 24 (Reuters) - British low-cost airline easyJet said the wea

easyJet shareholder Stelios plans protest vote against fleet expansion

LONDON, Jan 24 (Reuters) - easyJet's biggest shareholder Stelios Haji-Ioannou said he would use some of his shares to vote against the re-election of the company's chairman, as part of a protest against the low cost airline's plan to expand its fleet. Haji-Ioannou, who owns about 33 percent

LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: Soft Pound Supports FTSE 100 But BT Limits Gains

Miners lift Britain's FTSE into positive territory as BT slumps

(ADVISORY- Follow European and UK stock markets in real time on the Reuters Live Markets blog on Eikon, see cpurl://apps.cp./cms/?pageId=livemarkets) * FTSE 100 index up 0.2 percent * Miners among top gainers * BT slumps after profit warning By Atul Prakash LONDON, J

BT slump weighs on European, UK indexes; Generali rallies

* STOXX 600 up 0.2 pct * Aryzta, BT slump after results * easyJet also weaker * Generali jumps on deal chatter (Adds quote and detail, updates prices) By Kit Rees LONDON, Jan 24 (Reuters) - European earnings season got off to a rocky start on Tuesday with profit wa

easyJet says Q1 in line with expectations, forward bookings ahead

LONDON, Jan 24 (Reuters) - British low-cost airline easyJet posted first-quarter revenue, cost and passenger numbers in line with its expectations and said forward bookings were ahead of last year. easyJet, Europe's no.2 no-frills carrier behind Ryanair , warned however that the weak pound

EasyJet's revenue grows as it reduces costs to tackle weak sterling

(ShareCast News) - EasyJet reported a "solid" first quarter with revenue, costs and passengers numbers in line with expectations, as the budget airline said the effects of weak sterling and fuel prices was worse than it expected. Passenger numbers rose 8.2% to 17.4m for the quarter ended 31 December

Tuesday preview: Easyjet reports first quarter results

(ShareCast News) - Easyjet is expected to report broadly flat first quarter revenue on Tuesday as the budget airline faced challenges including a weaker pound and terrorist attacks in Europe. UBS predicts first quarter revenue of £932m, broadly unchanged from the same period in the previous year at

Friday newspaper round-up: EasyJet, Ofgem, Brexit, Rolls-Royce

(ShareCast News) - A French court on Thursday fined British low-cost airline easyJet €60,000 (£52,000) for having refused to allow a disabled passenger to board for "security" reasons. The criminal court in Bayonne, southern France, heard that staff at the budget carrier refused to allow Joseph Etch

Airline bosses report sky high operating costs but remain optimistic for 2017

(ShareCast News) - The International Air Transport Association has released research suggesting a challenging environment for airlines, including lower passenger yields and an increase in operating costs. According to the organisation, almost two-thirds of respondents to its survey of industry leade

BROKER RATINGS SUMMARY: Morgan Stanley Upgrades BT To Overweight

EasyJet's passenger numbers jump 15% in December

(ShareCast News) - Budget airline easyJet's passenger numbers and load factor improved in December. The FTSE 100 company's passenger numbers jumped 15.1% to 5.57m last month, compared to the same month the previous year. Meanwhile the load factor - the number of passengers as a proportion of the nu

UK Earnings, Trading Statements Calendar - Next 7 Days

Britain's FTSE inches higher as miners rally

(ADVISORY- Follow European and UK stock markets in real time on the Reuters Live Markets blog on Eikon, see cpurl://apps.cp./cms/?pageId=livemarkets) * FTSE 100 up 0.5 pct * Miners rally as commodities prices firm * Airlines weak * Bovis Homes issues profit warning B

Britain prepares tighter laws on drones after air safety scares

LONDON, Dec 21 (Reuters) - The British government is preparing to tighten drone regulations after a series of near-misses with passenger planes over the last two years and growing concern about their use near prisons. A consultation on drone safety will discuss introducing new safeguards su