BERLIN, Nov 15 (Reuters) - British low-cost airline easyJet said it expected currency headwinds and measures tomitigate Britain's vote to leave the EU to hit earnings again in2017 after reporting its first fall in annual profit in sixyears.
For the 12-months to the end of September, easyJet, Europe'sno.2 no-frills carrier behind Ryanair, posted a 28percent drop in pretax profit to 495 million pounds ($618million), a first decline since 2009, although at the upper endof a 490 million pound to 495 million pound range given inOctober.
The weak sterling following the Brexit vote resulted in an88 million pound hit to easyJet's profit in its 2015-16financial year and the carrier said on Tuesday it expected afurther impact of 90 million in the 12 months to September 2017.
($1 = 0.8016 pounds) (Reporting by Victoria Bryan; editing by Kate Holton)