Chief executive Johan Lundgren told reporters “I can’t tell you how many flights will be impacted”
, particularly during school holidays at Easter and the half-term period which coincided with the Jubilee bank holiday weekend. as “we need to work this through”.Mr Lundgren said easyJet had planned to operate around 160,000 flights between July and September, before the cancellations being made.
EasyJet admitted there will be a “cost impact” from the disruption, and the amount of money it spends to operate each seat per kilometre excluding fuel will “exceed” previous guidance. Mr Lundgren said: “Delivering a safe and reliable operation for our customers in this challenging environment is easyJet’s highest priority and we are sorry that for some customers we have not been able to deliver the service they have come to expect from us.
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