Rivals’ woes help Easyjet

EASYJET will deliver a profits boost as it shrugs off industrial action and benefits from rivals’ woes.

The budget airline expects profits for the full year to come in between £570m and £580m compared with £408m in 2017.

Easyjet had to cancel flights in June because of strikes, but it also benefited from the bankruptcies of Monarch and Air Berlin.