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Ryanair forecasts wider fiscal-year loss on emergence of omicron

  Bloomberg Ryanair Holdings Plc expects to report a wider full-year loss than previously forecast after the emergence of the omicron Covid-19 variant plunged the European travel industry into renewed uncertainty. The Irish low-cost airline now anticipates a net loss of between 250 million euros ($283 million) and 450 million euros in the 12 months through March, it said in ...

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Global airline capacity seen rising in 2022, along with fares

  Bloomberg A rebound in global airline capacity should accelerate in the second half of next year, but trans-Atlantic traffic likely won’t return to pre-pandemic levels until 2023, according to an aviation consulting firm. Additionally, airfares are poised to rise significantly next year, owing to higher costs from labour and addressing environmental issues, “plus the need for airlines to rebuild ...

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Kenya government drops plan to nationalise struggling airline

Bloomberg Kenya’s government has scrapped a plan to fully nationalise the partly state-owned airline and is looking at other ways to safeguard money it has loaned the carrier, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). It will cost a projected $1 billion to restructure Kenya Airways Plc and an injection of the funds by the state will be “unavoidable” as ...

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