EasyJet expects to cancel hundreds more flights this week amid Covid staff sickness
by Gwyn Tophamand Jasper Jolly from World news | The Guardian on (#5XTC3)
The airline cancelled 222 flights over the weekend and pulled another 62 of those scheduled for Monday
EasyJet expects to cancel hundreds more flights this week due to high levels of Covid-19 among its crew, amid wider disruption at airports and Channel ports at the start of the Easter holidays.
The airline cancelled 222 flights over the weekend and pulled another 62 of those scheduled for Monday because of coronavirus absences. It said it had made efforts to offset staff shortages by rostering additional standby crew on the weekend but was forced to make fresh cancellations at short notice.
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