EasyJet are cancelling more than 200 flights over June half term with 24 flights a day from London's Gatwick airport being cancelled. Flights affected are between May 28 and June 6 which is set to disrupt people's half term plans.
The airline have said the cancellations are “necessary to provide reliable services over this busy period”. They also faced a software failure earlier this week where they had to scrap around 200 flights on Tuesday.
Hull Live reports that a spokeswoman for EasyJet said: “We have taken the decision to make advance cancellations of around 24 Gatwick flights per day starting from tomorrow 28 May until 6 June. We are very sorry for the late notice of some of these cancellations and inconvenience caused for customers booked on these flights, however we believe this is necessary to provide reliable services over this busy period.
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“Customers are being informed from today (Friday) and provided with the option to rebook their flight or receive a refund and can apply for compensation in line with regulations. Over the next week we will be operating around 1,700 flights per day, with around a quarter of these operating to and from Gatwick.”
Elsewhere, Liverpool FC supporters travelling to the Champions League final and families embarking on half-term getaways faced long queues at the Port of Dover and UK airports. Thousands of fans descended on the Kent port on Friday to board cross-Channel ferries en route to Paris for Saturday’s match.
Airline passengers were also stuck in lengthy queues at airports such as Gatwick, Manchester, Stansted and Bristol.
