<div id="readability-page-1">  <p><time datetime="2026-05-21T07:39:26+01:00">    Thursday 21 May 2026 7:39 am  </time></p>         <div>                                                                                                                 Add as a preferred        source on Google                        </div>    <figure>    <div>       </div> <img width="742" height="495" src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://www.cityam.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/020-easyjet.jpg/query-dz03NDI?x-oss-process=image/auto-orient,1/interlace,1/resize,w_1440,h_1440/quality,q_95/format,jpg" original-src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://www.cityam.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/020-easyjet.jpg/query-dz03NDI"/>  <figcaption>Easyjet was ranked by analysts as being well positioned for the Iran war</figcaption> </figure> <p>Easyjet has played down fears that a jet fuel crisis caused by the Middle East will rip through its low-cost model, saying it has kept price rises to a minimum despite losses at the carrier ballooning to more than half a billion pounds.</p><p>The London-listed carrier told investors it was “not seeing any disruption” to jet fuel supply, despite ministers recently watering down sanctions on Russian oil in a bid to secure supply in the coming months.</p><p>Passengers were continuing to book summer holidays, the airline added, but at shorter notice than in previous years due to the uncertainty caused by the conflict. Forward bookings for the six months to April were down two per cent year-on-year, however, leaving the airline with “lower than normal visibility” for their long-term earnings, and overall bookings for the summer period behind where they were last year.</p><p>Kenton Jarvis, chief executive of Easyjet, said: “Despite conflict in the Middle East creating near‑term uncertainty, Easyjet is well placed to manage the current environment, supported by one of the strongest investment‑grade balance sheets in European aviation.”</p><h2 id="h-losses-balloon-at-easyjet">Losses balloon at Easyjet</h2><p>Losses at the airline, whose share price is down more than a quarter since the onset of the Iran war, ballooned from £394m to £552m in line with forecasts, despite a jump in the number of passengers and 22 per cent growth in its holidays arm. </p><p>The ready supply of jet fuel, known as kerosene, has been one of the more pronounced knock-on effects of the conflict in the Middle East. Many airlines warned that their ticket prices will have to rise as a result of prices for refined petroleum products more than doubling since the onset of the war, even though several have strict hedging rules in place.</p><p>The hedging strategy means much of Britain’s main carriers have a ready supply of fuel at pre-crisis prices that will take them through the summer unaffected, but most fear a sharp squeeze when those contracts expire in the coming months.</p><p><span>Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary said last week that he “wouldn’t be surprised” if carriers especially exposed to the conflict go bust later this year, and was “confident” Ryanair would shoulder the fallout without resorting to many price rises.</span></p><p>On Wednesday, the government relaxed its sanctions on Russian oil that had been refined in third-party countries to help alleviate the pressure the Strait of Hormuz’s closure has put on supply.</p> </div>

<p>易捷航空報告虧損超過 5.52 億英鎊，儘管在中東緊張局勢下保持了穩定的航空燃油價格。該航空公司指出燃油供應沒有中斷，乘客預訂持續進行，儘管通知時間較短。未來的預訂同比下降 2%，導致長期收益的可見性降低。易捷航空首席執行官對管理當前環境表示信心，得益於強勁的資產負債表，但由於衝突對燃油成本的影響，關於票價上漲的擔憂依然存在</p>

Losses balloon at Easyjet despite seeing ‘no disruption’ to jet fuel supplies

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儘管 Easyjet 稱其航空燃料供應未受任何影響，但虧損仍在不斷增加