easyJet is set to cancel 240 flights from Gatwick Airport over the next 10 days. The airline has said that it will be cutting 24 flights a day from Saturday, May 28, to Monday, June 6.
Cancellations for departures on Saturday include holiday hotspots such as Spain, Portugal, and Italy. The airline said that it will be operating around 1,700 flights per day, with around one quarter of these being to and from Gatwick Airport.
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Passengers at some UK airports were reportedly experiencing "chaos" on Friday morning amid ongoing tech issues affecting easyJet flights. easyJet grounded all of its flights over a major issue on Thursday for two hours after suffering a major tech failure in all its planes. The airline announced all Gatwick flights scheduled to take off between 1pm and 3pm that day would be affected by the failure.
A spokesperson for easyJet told WalesOnline: "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. We have taken the decision to make advance cancellations of around 24 Gatwick flights per day starting from May 28 until June 6.
"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. Customers are being informed from today and provided with the option to rebook their flight or receive a refund and can apply for compensation in line with regulations."
