With news that 1,700 flights have been cancelled by EasyJet this summer, thousands of holidaymakers have been forced to alter their travel plans. The budget airline has blamed tightened airspace and air traffic control difficulties for the cancellations in an announcement made just as schools are preparing to break for the holidays.
Most of the cancelled flights originate from Gatwick Airport and it has been reported more than 180,000 passengers will be affected by the cancellations. EasyJet says 95 per cent of passengers have booked onto an alternative flight.
A statement from EasyJet said: "We are currently operating up to around 1,800 flights and carrying around 250,000 customers per day with more crew and pilots flying than ever before and like all airlines, we review our flights on an ongoing basis. As Eurocontrol has stated, the whole industry is seeing challenging conditions this summer with more constrained air space due to the war in Ukraine resulting in unprecedented ATC delays, as well as further potential ATC strike action.
