easyjet plc said tuesday that it expects to beat market expectations for fiscal 2023 profit and that its headline pretax loss narrowed for the first half of the year the lowcost airline said that while it remains mindful of the uncertain macroeconomic outlook based on current high levels of demand and strong bookings it expects to beat market profit expectations for the year ending sept 30 which it provided as being 260 million pounds 3218 million easyjet holidays is also benefiting from strong uk demand and its growth expectations have been raised to 60 on year from 50 for the six months ended march 31 easyjet expects to report headline pretax lossa key metric that strips out exceptional and other oneoff itemsin the range of gbp405 million to gbp425 million reflecting measures including network optimization improved ancillary products and continued cost focus allowing it to take advantage of strong levels of demand the company reported a headline pretax loss of gbp545 million for the first half of fiscal 2022 easyjet said it expects to report revenue for the period of gbp269 billion compared with gbp15 billion a year earlier the company flew 156 million passengers in the second quarter with a load factor of 88 up from 115 million a year prior firsthalf total revenue per seat sold rose to gbp6646 from gbp4761 in the year prior it said the company said it has ramped up capacity throughout the quarter growing 40 from january to march the growth will continue into the peak summer season when it expects to be back to around prepandemic levels of capacity we see continued strong booking momentum into summer as customers prioritize spending on travel and choose airlines like easyjet offering the best value and destination mix as well as easyjet holidays which is continuing its steep growth trajectory as the fastest growing holidays company in the uk chief executive johan lundgren said