Around 15,000 holidaymakers will have their travel plans scuppered with nearly 100 flights set to be cancelled on Monday
Gatwick announced last week that it will be reducing the number of daily flights during July and August to help tackle staffing issues.EasyJet said: "In response to these caps and in order to build additional resilience, easyJet is proactively consolidating a number of flights across affected airports.The airline said it expects to be able to rebook "the majority" of passengers on to other departures, with "many being on the same day".
It said: "We believe that these capacity/cost impacts are a one-off this summer as we would expect all parties to build greater resilience in time for 2023 peak periods."The carrier expects its capacity between April and June to be 87% of 2019 levels, rising to 90% during the following three months. Chief executive Johan Lundgren said: "Delivering a safe and reliable operation for our customers in this challenging environment is easyJet's highest priority and we are sorry that for some customers we have not been able to deliver the service they have come to expect from us.
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