EasyJet ticket sales surge as UK PM unveils plan for air travel return

UK holidaymakers reappeared with a roar, showering EasyJet Plc and tour operator TUI AG with summer bookings just hours after Prime Minister Boris Johnson outlined a roadmap for air travel to return.
 

EasyJet ticket sales more than quadrupled in the hours after Johnson said Monday that international trips may restart as soon as May 17, the U.K. carrier said in a statement. TUI, which offers hotel and flight packages, said holiday bookings to Spain, Turkey and Greece jumped sixfold overnight.
 

Airline shares advanced for a second day on mounting evidence of customer demand waiting to be unleashed over the crucial