EasyJet to cancel more flights at Schiphol this summer | Financial

For example, it wants to give customers more time to book an alternative flight with easyJet or with another airline if there is no good alternative. The low-cost airline expects to be able to offer the vast majority of passengers another flight within 24 hours of the trip already planned.

It is not yet known exactly how many and which flights will be cancelled. EasyJet CEO Johan Lundgren hopes to be able to provide clarity to all customers “in the coming days”. It must be known before the end of the month which flights will be canceled in the summer.

EasyJet previously assumed that in the summer quarter, until the end of September, it would make almost as many plane tickets available (97%) as in 2019 before the corona crisis. The airline has now adjusted that to 90% of that number due to the problems at European airports. “The vast majority of customers are not affected,” said Lundgren.

Damage claims at Schiphol

It is not yet clear what the financial impact of the measures will be on easyJet. That depends, among other things, on how many people will claim compensation from the company, because they cannot be transferred to another flight within 24 hours. In any case, easyJet wants to recover the damage as a result of the cancellation of flights at Schiphol.

EasyJet is one of the larger users of Schiphol and it is also one of the most important airports for the company. This also applies to London Gatwick, where there have also been long waiting times lately. The airline already reported a few weeks ago that a number of flights from Amsterdam to London Gatwick and London Luton had been proactively canceled before the summer. That was also because of the large crowds at Schiphol.

Schiphol announced last week that there will be an average of 13,500 seats too many in July, if all planes are completely full. That is almost 17% of the number of seats that were actually planned per day on average. The airport slot coordinator then determines what this will mean for each airline. Clarity on this is expected early this week.

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