(AOF) – The course of the airline Easyjet yields 1.16% on the stock market to 281.80 pence after the publication of a point of activity today. Over the full year ending September, it expects an overall pre-tax loss for the 2022 financial year of between £170m and £190m, in line with analysts’ forecasts of a loss of around £180m. of books. The turnover for the financial year 2022 should be established according to the forecasts of the carrier around 5.77 billion pounds sterling, against 1.45 billion in 2021.
The Ebitdar range for the 2002 financial year should be between 560 and 580 million pounds sterling.
The business incurred a foreign exchange loss of around £64 million resulting from balance sheet revaluation and additional disruption costs of around £75 million. These costs are primarily related to operational issues across the industry in the third quarter. The impact of Omicron, the war in Ukraine and the problems experienced by the whole industry this summer all affected operational performance during the year.
Despite this, demand has been strong for easyJet’s core airport network, which continues to deliver results.
EasyJet expects around 20 million seats to be offered in the first quarter of financial year 2023. This is an increase of more than 30% compared to the previous year, the offer capacity in the peak periods, such as the autumn holidays in October and Christmas week, having returned to pre-pandemic levels.
Bookings continue to progress well, with load factors higher than the same period of 2019, and yields remain solid. This flight program makes it possible to maintain a certain resilience while offering a platform to prepare for the ramp-up of summer 23, indicates the carrier in its point of activity.
In accordance with easyJet’s dividend policy and taking into account the expected outcome, the Board of Directors will not recommend the payment of a dividend for the year ended 30 September 2022.
As of September 30, 2022, easyJet had approximately £3.6 billion in cash and money market deposits and net debt of approximately £700 million.
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