LONDON, April 30 (Reuters) - British airline easyJet
said it had seen stronger demand for bookings in September,
October and November as passengers hold off going on holiday in
the summer when it is still not clear where they can travel, its
CEO said.
The low-cost airline echoed the British holiday group Jet2
in saying that bookings for later in the year were
encouraging as holidaymakers bet that vaccine rollouts will have
curbed the pandemic by then.
Chief Executive Johan Lundgren told BBC Radio that summer
bookings had been delayed. "If you would compare it to normal
times, we are seeing relatively stronger numbers coming into
September, October and November," he said.
Lundgren added that lots of passengers were still waiting
for the government to say which countries would open for travel
in the summer.
In Britain, easyJet's biggest market, uncertainty remains
about when travel can resume and which countries will feature on
a green list of low-risk destinations. EasyJet has said it
expected to start flying more from late May onwards.
(Reporting by Kate Holton; editing by Sarah Young)