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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Simon Calder

EasyJet promises ‘better resilience’ ahead of difficult summer

Turn time: easyJet Airbus A319 at Glasgow airport, preparing to fly to the airline's HQ at Luton - (Simon Calder)

Britain's biggest budget airline, easyJet, has revealed a raft of measures to try to protect summer passengers from disruption caused by air-traffic control constraints, strikes and bad weather.

The carrier has adjusted crew rosters to reduce the risk of pilots and cabin crew going “out of hours”. It is “sharpening” the time spent on the ground between the arrival and departure of a flight. And easyJet has bought key spares for its fleet in advance.

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