LONDON, April 30 (Reuters) – British airline easyJet EZJ.L stated it had seen stronger demand for bookings in September, October and November as passengers maintain off happening vacation in the summertime when it’s nonetheless not clear the place they’ll journey, its CEO stated.
The low-cost airline echoed the British vacation group Jet2 JET2.L in saying that bookings for later within the yr had been encouraging as holidaymakers guess that vaccine rollouts may have curbed the pandemic by then.
Chief Govt Johan Lundgren instructed BBC Radio that summer time bookings had been delayed. “For those who would examine it to regular instances, we’re seeing comparatively stronger numbers coming into September, October and November,” he stated.
Lundgren added that numerous passengers had been nonetheless ready for the federal government to say which nations would open for journey in the summertime.
In Britain, easyJet’s greatest market, uncertainty stays about when journey can resume and which nations will function on a inexperienced record of low-risk locations. EasyJet has stated it anticipated to start out flying extra from late Could onwards.
(Reporting by Kate Holton; modifying by Sarah Younger)
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