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British budget airline easyJet on Tuesday said that full-year profit would come in at the upper end of expectations, with revenues boosted by pilot strikes at rivals British Airways and Ryanair.

Easyjet <EZJ.L> is looking at some of collapsed travel firm Thomas Cook's <TCG.D> assets, the airline's Chief Executive Johan Lundgren told German newspaper Die Welt.

Thomas Cook's <TCG.L> collapse boosted shares in TUI <TUIGn.DE> and budget airlines easyJet <EZJ.L> and Ryanair <RYA.I> on Monday as investors pinned hopes on the tour operator's closure cutting capacity in the saturated European holiday market.

Air France-KLM <AIRF.PA> and easyJet <EZJ.L> withdrew competing offers for Aigle Azur on Thursday after missing an overnight court deadline to improve their bids to acquire part of the collapsed budget airline's operations and staff.

Easyjet <EZJ.L> has withdrawn from the bidding process for bankrupt French airline Aigle Azur, a spokeswoman for the British low-cost carrier said on Thursday.

British carrier easyJet <EZJ.L> has expressed an interest in collapsed airline Aigle Azur's operations at Paris Orly airport, a spokesman said on Monday.

British budget airline easyJet <EZJ.L> will adjust its fleet and switch volumes to react to any changes in demand if the British economy is impacted by a possible no-deal Brexit, Chief Executive Johan Lundgren said on Thursday.

British budget airline easyJet will adjust its fleet and switch volumes to react to any changes in demand if the British economy is impacted by a possible no-deal Brexit, chief executive Johan Lundgren said on Thursday.

Ryanair <RYA.I> has launched legal proceedings against its outgoing Chief Operations Officer (COO) Peter Bellew, whom low cost rival easyJet <EZJ.L> announced last month it had poached, Irish court filings showed.

Britain's easyJet <EZJ.L> on Thursday reported third quarter trading in line with expectations, boosted by more customers taking optional extra services and enabling it to reiterate its full-year profit forecasts.

Britain's easyJet on Thursday said it would hire Peter Bellew as its chief operating officer from Ryanair, as the budget airline said quarterly trading had been in line with expectations.

Britain's Unite Union said on Thursday Stansted airport check-in staff at Easyjet Plc <EZJ.L> will go on strike for over a fortnight starting in July, as employees demand similar pay to other companies that operate at the airport.

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British budget airline easyJet said it would meet expectations in 2019 despite a worse trading environment than last year as worries over Brexit and economic weakness in Europe hurt consumer demand.

British budget airline easyJet warned of a tough trading environment on Friday and said revenue per seat in the second half of the year would be down as consumers are deterred by uncertainty over Brexit and economic weakness in Europe.

Gains in miners and banks propelled London's main bourse higher on Monday, as sentiment picked up after surprisingly upbeat data from China and progress in U.S.-China trade talks, while easyJet's bleak forecast triggered a sell-off in airline stocks.

Budget airline EasyJet warned on Monday that European travelers were holding off booking their summer holidays for fear of how the Brexit process will end, weakening demand for tickets and prices.