Bloomberg EasyJet Plc reported a surge in summer bookings while saying there’s still too much uncertainty over demand to provide an outlook for the fiscal year ending in September. Sales over the past 10 weeks are running 6% ahead of 2019 levels, Luton, England-based EasyJet said after reporting a narrower first-half loss. Yet almost two-thirds of seats for the crucial …

  Bloomberg Hong Kong Airlines Ltd has asked pilots to take several months leave on sharply reduced pay as Covid-19 lockdowns in China snarl supply chains, weakening demand for air freight — the carrier’s key source of income during the pandemic. The financially troubled carrier is calling for volunteers to take leave starting in June through until the end of …

  Bloomberg Business travel is returning for Singapore Airlines Ltd, with forward bookings accounting for a similar proportion of ticket sales as before the Covid pandemic now that border restrictions have been lifted. “Since April of this year, when Singapore fully opened its borders, we have seen a strong rebound in corporate travel,” the carrier’s executive vice president of commercial …