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the head of operations – Corriere.it resigns

EasyJet’s head of operations leaves as one of Europe’s largest airlines is adjusting flight schedules including through significant cancellations. Chief operating officer Peter Bellew has stepped down from his post to “pursue other career opportunities,” says Johan Lundgren, easyJet’s chief executive officer, in a message to employees. In his place is replaced, ad interim, by David Morgan, who has worked for the orange airline and since 2016 and who in 2019 had already held the role of head of operations (always ad interim) for almost a year.


the message

“I want to thank Peter for his hard work and wish him the best. All of us at easyJet remain focused on providing a safe and reliable service this summer ”, he continues the CEO in the internal message and underlines how Bellew will stay for a while to ensure a smooth transition. “I am happy that the operations have been entrusted to the capable hands of David Morgan who can quickly take over the assignment.” In a press release, the British airline clarifies that it is committed to guaranteeing its operations with 1,700 flights and over 250,000 passengers a day.


6% of flights canceled

The resignation – even if there are those within the company who believe they have been “facilitated” by the top management – come at a difficult time for easyJet and the sector. In recent weeks, the carrier has announced the cancellation of at least 10 thousand of the 160 thousand flights scheduled between July and September, that is just over 6%, officially due to the lack of personnel affecting the entire air transport. 72% of passengers affected by cancellations – according to what the Courier – have already been placed on alternative flights no later than 24 hours after the originally planned trip. But there are still 28% of customers – more than 420,000 according to estimates – who will be forced to take off another day or will have to ask for reimbursement and compensation.

The clutches with the unions

The exit of Bellew – which more than someone has linked to the chaos of these weeks – actually matured from last January after yet another friction with the drivers’ unions which then exploded in a break in the spring in particular on shift management . Bellew is one of the best known figures in world air transport. He was head of Ryanair operations, then in 2015 he went to Malaysia Airlines immediately after the two tragedies (the disappearance of the Boeing 777 in the Indian Ocean and the shooting down of another Boeing 777 over the Russia-Ukraine border) becoming CEO in July 2016. For “personal reasons” in October 2017 he returned to Ryanair to actually manage the low cost operational chaos that led to the cancellation of thousands of flights.

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