LONDON, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Low-cost airline easyJet said Britain's vote to leave the EU in June had a short-termimpact on UK consumer demand for holidays after sterling fellagainst the euro, and appetite for holidays had sincenormalised.
"We took a consumer hit because people think 'oh my GodEurope's more expensive', that normalises," Carolyn McCall toldreporters on the sidelines of a conference on Thursday.
easyJet said its plan to acquire an operating certificate inanother EU country, part of its preparation to be able tocontinue to operate as it does currently when Britain, where itis headquartered, is no longer part of the EU was "quiteadvanced".
Air fares for European consumers are also likely to remainat the levels they have done this year, next year, McCall said.
"There's no question in our minds that pricing will remainlow, brilliant for consumers. For the next year, we see 2016/17being very similar to this year," she said.
easyJet's bigger competitor Ryanair said inSeptember that fares could fall by between 10 and 12 percentover the six months between September and March.
(Reporting by Sarah Young; Editing by Victoria Bryan)