EasyJet has cancelled 40 flights a day to and from UK airports for the rest of June in an effort to avert travel problems.
Staff shortages caused upheaval for thousands of passengers over the school half-term holiday, which coincided with the royal platinum jubilee long weekend when many travellers became stranded overseas.
On Friday, easyJet chief operating officer Peter Bellew said cancellations for the “coming days and weeks” were intended to “increase resilience across the network”.
The budget carrier flies about 1,700 daily flights to and from 16 British airports, including Gatwick, Stansted and Manchester.
“Due to the ongoing impact of the challenging operating environment on our daily operations, we have made a small proportion of additional advance flight cancellations for June,” an easyJet representative said.
“We are very sorry for the inconvenience this will cause.”
“We are informing customers in advance to minimise the impact on their plans and provide the…