Higher losses for Easyjet in Berlin-Tegel

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L uton / Berlin (dpa) – The low-cost British carrier Easyjet is still at Tegel Airport in Berlin

for the current fiscal year (30.9.), the company has corrected the expected losses of 15 million British pounds to 175 million pounds (197 million euros).

Additional high capacity of other airlines such as Laudamotion and the inefficient flight plan adopted by Air Berlin, explains The boss of Easyjet, Johan Lundgren, Wednesday in Luton near London

However, Tegel's integration is progressing, with the load on jet aircraft also reaching 86% in June. However, in the fleet, Easyjet creates 94%. As of June 30, the company had ten of its own jet aircraft in Tegel, which will be supplemented for some time by leased jets.

This involved 441 pilots and flight attendants. The plan is for the 1000 own employees, about half of whom have already worked at Air Berlin. Easyjet wants to make the jump into the beneficiary area during the upcoming exercise in Tegel. The flight plan needs to be optimized in the next 18 to 24 months for point-to-point traffic.

The airline with nearly 300 aircraft can cope with Berlin's start-up losses. Despite pilot strikes and meteorological whims on a European scale, the company has increased its pre-tax earnings adjusted for special items from 550 million to 590 million pounds (619 to 664 million euros) .

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