Budget airline easyJet is expected to shrug off costs of French air traffic control strikes over the summer to post another strong rise in annual profits on Tuesday.

The Luton-based carrier cautioned in July that the strikes, which disrupted travel for tens of thousands of passengers, would create “significant” costs for all airlines.

It said the walkouts in early July forced it to cancel 660 flights and cost it £15 million.

Threats of further strikes in October were eventually called off.

Despite the hit, and higher fuel costs, most analysts are forecasting easyJet to report a rise in headline pre-tax profits to £650 million for the year to the end of September, up from £610 million in the previous year, according to AJ Bell.

Analysts are pencilling in another increase to £740 mill

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