Low-cost airline easyJet is to cancel more than 200 flights over the next ten days due to airport disruptions and computer problems.
Bad news for this Ascension Bridge. Low-cost airline easyJet to cancel more than 200 flights over the next ten days due to airport disruptions and IT issues.
Between labor shortage and computer problems
While the lifting of health restrictions has encouraged a resumption of travel, many UK airports are struggling to recruit enough ground staff. Easyjet is also facing computer problems which forced it to cancel around 200 flights on Thursday. Recently, the company also eliminated six seats in some of its A319s in order to reduce the crew needed for these flights to just one. Easyjet plans to cancel around 24 flights a day from London’s Gatwick airport between May 28 and June 6.
You are a customer, what can you do?
“Customers (…) have the opportunity to rebook their flight or receive a refund and may claim compensation in accordance with the regulations”, writes the group, saying it is sorry for the cancellations and the inconveniences suffered by its customers.
“We advise customers scheduled to travel with us today to continue to check Flight Tracker to check the status of their flight before heading to the airport. We apologize for the inconvenience and would like to thank customers for their patience. as we work to resolve this as soon as possible,” the company said. on his site.