EasyJet has cancelled more than 200 flights over the weekend. Dozens more were grounded on Monday, leaving some passengers stranded amid resurgent coronavirus-related disruption for travellers, Sky News reported.
The budget airline blamed it on staff shortages caused by Covid-19.
At least 222 flights have been axed since Friday, including 62 that had been scheduled for Monday alone, the majority of which were cancelled at short notice on Saturday, a Daily Mail report said.
The airline said it had tried hard to handle the situation by “rostering” standby crew but was forced to make “additional cancellations”.
An easyJet spokesperson said: “As a result of the current high rates of Covid infections across Europe, like all businesses easyJet is experiencing higher than usual levels of employee sickness.
“We have taken action to mitigate this through the rostering of additional standby crew this weekend, however, with the current levels of sickness, we have also decided to make some cancellations in advance which were focused on consolidating flights where we have multiple frequencies so customers have more options to rebook their travel, often on the same day.
“Unfortunately, it has been necessary to make some additional cancellations for today (Sunday) and tomorrow (Monday). We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause to customers on
Some easyJet passengers were stuck abroad without any explanation or alternatives offered by the airline.