easyJet has revealed that its first quarter financial performance was in line with management expectations despite the impact of the Omicron variant on travel restrictions. The airline reports that improved performance in October and November as load factors continued to strengthen, with both months above 80%. easyJet noted that Omicron “paused this momentum which resulted in load factors declining during December” and it expects the reaction to the new variant to continue to have an impact over short term performance in Q2. Following the UK Government’s announcement on 5 January to remove pre departure testing, easyJet states that it has

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