EasyJet sees losses soaring on late Easter Budget airline EasyJet today said its first-half losses would be sharply higher than a year ago because of the later arrival of Easter. The carrier expects to report a loss of between £70 million and £90m for the six months to the end of March, compared with a £61m loss last year. Easter falls in April this year, but came at end of March last year, boosting EasyJet's revenues by £25m in the first half of 2013. EasyJet also said today that its first-quarter revenues grew 7.7 per cent to £897m, helped by a 4.2 per cent increase in passenger numbers to 14.3 million in the three months to the end of December. Chief executive Carolyn McCall said: "The performance in the quarter demonstrates our continued focus on cost, progress against our strategic priorities and EasyJet's structural advantage in the European short-haul market against both the legacy and low-cost competition."