Is easyJet in financial trouble?

easyJet's Financial Performance Continues at a loss in its Half Year 2023 Release. easyJet's financial performance is continuing to be loss-making this year. As we know, many airlines have been struggling since the aftermath of the pandemic, which has been rocky at the best of times.



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easyJet continues to have one of the strongest, investment grade, balance sheets in European aviation. As at 30 September 2023 our net cash position was c.£40 million (30 September 2022: £670 million net debt). During the 2023 financial year, c.£1.2bn of gross debt has been repaid.

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UK-based EasyJet forecasts a £460-480 million ($560-584 million) pre-tax profit in its 2023 fiscal year that ended in September, the airline said Thursday. That's better than analysts' previous estimates. Revenue is forecast at roughly £8.2 billion, including £780 million from its booming EasyJet Holidays business.

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“We have been clear the whole industry has been impacted by the pandemic. However, easyJet has taken a prudent approach to capacity and the right actions on cash preservation. “The airline continues to keep all liquidity options under review, but no decisions have been taken.

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It denied that it was suffering a repeat of the chaos seen last year caused by staff shortages after the COVID-19 pandemic. EasyJet said that the whole industry is “facing challenges this summer”. The war in Ukraine has caused crowded airspace in Europe and air traffic control strikes are adding to the problem.

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U.S. travelers report that American Airlines is the most unreliable airline in the world when measured by the total flight problems and reported complaints in 2022. American is also the world's largest airline, so this finding may not surprise frequent flyers.

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easyJet has placed a substantial order for 157 firm and 100 optioned Airbus jets, which will significantly expand its fleet and support its growth plans beyond 2028. The airline's preference for the larger A321neo model reflects easyJet's focus on lower fuel burn, CO2 emissions, and operating costs per seat.

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When the 2023 results are finalised, easyJet is expecting a profit before tax of £440m-£460m. This will be its first annual profit since FY19 when, incidentally, the share price was more than double what it is now.

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EasyJet has increased capacity, by 40% from January to March, and expects to be back to about pre-pandemic levels in the summer. Its package holidays are 80% sold and with UK demand strong, the company expects 60% growth year on year, up from 50% estimated previously.

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Despite a 71% rise in fuel costs, the airline expects to beat analysts' expectations of a profit of £260m this year. Last year, easyJet made a headline loss before tax of £178m.

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Total debt on the balance sheet as of March 2023 : $4.51 B.

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Turkish Airlines has been crowned the 'Most Sustainable Flag Carrier Airline' in World Finance's Sustainability Awards 2023, having won the same award last year.

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Your chances of being involved in a fatal plane crash are incredibly small – around 1 in 11 million, according to Harvard researchers. While your odds of being in a plane accident are about 1 in 1.2 million, survivability rates are about 95.7% – so the odds are with you no matter how you look at it.

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Aside from the realities of the physics of flight, people will always want to be on the move. Demand for air travel will keep growing in the foreseeable future, according to IATA, whose recent figures show that demand is expected to reach 94% of 2019 levels in 2023 and will increase to 103% in 2024 and 111% in 2025.

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The most recent estimates suggest that demand for air transport will increase by an average of 4.3% per annum over the next 20 years. If this growth path is achieved by 2036 the air transport industry will then contribute 15.5 million in direct jobs and $1.5 trillion of GDP to the world economy.

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The study also looked at UK data with easyJet (U2) ranking top on the list with over 20,906 total complaints.

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Running since 1929, Hawaiian is among the oldest airlines in the world but, remarkably, it has never suffered a single fatal crash or hull loss.

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Here's the ranking of US airlines from MOST complaints in May 2022 to LEAST complaints in May 2022:
  • American Airlines (575 complaints)
  • United Airlines (400 complaints)
  • Frontier Airlines (301 complaints)
  • Delta Air Lines (281 complaints)
  • Spirit Airlines (269 complaints)
  • JetBlue Airways (244 complaints)


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