

Headline Airline cost per seat excluding fuel at constant currency decreased by 59.0% to £54.71 (H1 2021: £133.51). Airline headline cost per seat at constant currency decreased by 55.0% to £66.81 (H1 2021: £148.59). The cost per seat performance continues to be impacted by volume. Group headline costs excluding fuel and FX gains increased by 94.2% to £1,684 million (H1 2021: £867 million), driven by an increase in capacity flown as easyJet continues to ramp up capacity.ĮasyJet recorded a £2 million gain from foreign exchange (H1 2021: £24 million gain), related to the impact of stronger Sterling on our net foreign currency-denominated liabilities. Airline ancillary revenue per seat also increased by 44.6% to £15.12 (H1 2021: £10.46) as we continue to see incremental benefits from the new ancillary products which have been launched since H1 of FY21. Group ancillary revenue increased by 632.9% to £513 million (H1 2021: £70 million) as capacity increased. Trading strengthened again in February and March as restrictions were removed. Passenger RPS increased by 22.7% to £32.49 (H1 2021: £26.47) due to demand returning as travel restrictions eased in the early part of H1 as customers enjoyed the late summer season before a temporary pause in December and January as a result of the Omicron variant. Passenger revenue increased by 479.4% to £985 million (H1 2021: £170 million) as we flew increased levels of capacity compared to the same period last year. Total revenue increased by 524.2% to £1,498 million (H1 2021: £240 million) in line with capacity increasing to 30.3 million seats (H1 2021: 6.4 million) because of pandemic-related travel restrictions being more relaxed than they were in the same six months last year. Carbon obligation for CY’22 100% covered at €19/MT.easyJet is currently c.71% hedged for fuel in H2 of FY22 at c.US$619 per metric tonne, c.49% hedged for H1 FY23 at c.US$701 and c.20% hedged for H2 FY23 at c.US$807.


In the second half of the year leisure and domestic routes have fully recovered with capacity at 113% and 104% of FY19 levels respectively, whilst business and city traffic continues to recover with demand currently below FY19 levels. EasyJet has continued to allocate aircraft to the markets where we see demand at its strongest.
