Attacks and Brexit have hit EasyJet numbers

Higher capacity on some routes has forced fares down

Problems beset EasyJet in key summer season Pic: Rex

Budget airline EasyJet has reported lower quarterly revenue. saying volatility would affect the key summer travel season as it faces challenges including a string of terrorist attacks across its main markets and Britain’s decision to exit the European Union.

Sales in its third financial quarter to June 30 fell 2.6 per cent to £1.2 billion, the Luton-based company said in a trading statement. Revenue per seat, or yield, slid 8.3 per cent and ...