Jet2 counts cost of wildfires; exercises 12 A32neo options

Jet2 plc, the UK leisure travel group, has announced a half year net profit of £496.0 million – an increase over the previous half year period of 39% – and on the back of a 24% increase in revenue to £4.41bn. Jet2 stated that compared to Summer 2022, seat capacity increased 7% and the business achieved an average load factor of 90.7% (2022: 90.7%) with higher margin per passenger. The company noted that its operations were “directly impacted by the broader disruption caused by the National Air Traffic Services (NATS) failure, Rhodes wildfires and flooding in Skiathos which resulted in