EasyJet blames widespread flight cancellations on ‘unprecedented’ air-traffic control disruption

Simon Calder

Britain’s biggest budget airline, easyJet, is blaming “unprecedented ATC [air-traffic control] disruption” for the large number of flight cancellations it has made so far this summer.

Announcing improved profit figures for the three months from April to June, the carrier also said air-traffic control strike days were running 40 per cent of the last “normal” (pre-pandemic) year, 2019.