Cancelled flights could cost easyJet up to £200m June 21, 2022 easyJet could be forced to pay up to £200m this year following its decision to slash services to guarantee smoother operations at EU airports. Analysts at Bernstein have forecast the cancellations that took place since Easter could amount to a bill of between £100m and £200m, while Peel Hunt said it now expects the airline [...]
easyJet has no clue how many flights will be cancelled as airline gets caught up in travel chaos June 20, 2022 easyJet said it didn’t know how many flights it will have to cancel to best manage the ongoing travel chaos at airports across Europe, including Gatwick and Amsterdam Schiphol. The news comes after the London hub said on Friday it would be forced to axe daily flights from more than 900 to 825 and 850 [...]
EasyJet pilots say travel chaos could get worse this summer June 11, 2022 Travel chaos could worsen during the summer, easyJet’s pilots have told the airline. Members of the French SNPL pilots’ union working for the low-cost carrier sent a letter to chief executive Johan Lundgren arguing the situation will continue to worsen, as easyJet reported “unprecedented chaos” and “operational meltdowns” over the last few weeks, the i [...]
Hordes of Brits left stranded as travel bloodbath deepens: EasyJet drops 35 flights and BA cancels 124 today alone June 7, 2022 The travel crisis that has gripped the UK for weeks rages on today as thousands of airline passengers face more disruption as widespread flight cancellations continue. EasyJet said this morning it has cancelled at least 35 flights, with Gatwick the worst affected airport. British Airways cancelled 124 Heathrow flights, although the airline said affected passengers [...]
EasyJet and Tui cancel flights ahead of school holidays and Jubilee Weekend May 28, 2022 Airlines EasyJet and Tui have said they plan to cancel hundreds of flights in the coming weeks, in disruption that threatens to cause chaos over Britain’s Jubilee Weekend. Budget airline EasyJet today said is set to cancel more than 200 flights over the next 10 days, just days after IT issues forced the firm to [...]
Easyjet ‘in right place’ to meet summer demand, says boss May 19, 2022 Easyjet is “in the right right place” to meet the summer demand, according to chief executive Johan Lundgren. The airline reported that bookings have been above pre-pandemic levels in the last 10 weeks, with the number of tickets sold increasing by 15 per cent on 2019 levels. Lundgren added the airline was “absolutely focused” on [...]
Easyjet makes comeback from pandemic lows as airline expects to sell 97 per cent of all seats next quarter May 19, 2022 Budget airline easyJet said this morning that it hopes to carry nearly as many passengers in the last few months of this year as it did in 2019, marking a comeback from the lows of the pandemic. The business said that it is planning to sell 97% of the seats during the final quarter than [...]
Top Gun: Easyjet launches recruitment campaign to tackle job stereotypes May 10, 2022 Easyjet has launched a new recruitment campaign to attract more young girls to the industry, as only 6 per cent of pilots worldwide are women. To encourage more girls to consider a piloting career as something within their reach, the airline produced a parody of the 80s blockbuster film Top Gun, replacing Tom Cruise and [...]
Easyjet removes plane seats to slash number of stewards on board to three May 9, 2022 Easyjet has removed the back row seats from its A319 planes to cope with labour shortages. By removing the six seats, capacity on easyJet planes has gone down to 150, requiring only three cabin crew members instead of four. The airline said the decision was an “effective way” of operating its fleet and it was [...]
EasyJet says vetting delays contribute to staff shortages April 12, 2022 EasyJet’s chief executive Johan Lundgren said delays in the vetting of new staff, instead of recruitment issues, were one of the contributing reasons behind the airline’s staff shortage. Lundgren told journalists this morning the airline had already recruited most of the new staff needed and was currently waiting for candidates to be approved by the [...]