Easyjet has cancelled hundreds of flights over the weekend, with continued disruption expected to last into this week.
More than 200 flights have been axed, leaving some passengers stranded, after the airline reports high levels of coronavirus sickness among staff. Today, on Monday, April 4, a total of 62 flights scheduled have been pulled with the majority announced at short notice over the weekend.
An easyJet spokesperson said: "As a result of the current high rates of Covid infections across Europe, like all businesses easyJet is experiencing higher than usual levels of employee sickness. We have taken action to mitigate this through the rostering of additional standby crew this weekend. However, with the current levels of sickness we have also decided to make some cancellations in advance which were focused on consolidating flights where we have multiple frequencies so customers have more options to rebook their travel, often on the same day.
