The chief operating officer of easyJet, Peter Bellew, has resigned amid growing anger over flight disruption. The airline has axed thousands of flights recently, including many on the day they were due to depart.
Johan Lundgren, easyJet’s chief executive, said: “I would like to thank Peter for his hard work and wish him well. Everyone at easyJet remains absolutely focused on delivering a safe and reliable operation this summer.”
Mr Bellew, who joined easyJet two-and-a-half years ago, resigned to “pursue other business opportunities”, according to the Luton-based carrier. The airline’s statement continued: “easyJet remains absolutely focused on our daily operation and continues to monitor this very closely, having taken pre-emptive action to build further resilience for the summer due to the current operating environment. The airline continues to operate up to 1,700 flights each day and carry up to 250,000 passengers.”
