easyJet grounds one other 10 Monday night flights

Ten extra Monday night flights to and from London Gatwick have been grounded at very quick discover.

The Independent has recognized 5 departures from the Sussex airport on which passengers got as little as an hour’s discover: Belfast City, Isle of Man, Kos, Lanzarote and Montpellier.

The trigger is believed to be rolling air-traffic management delays at Gatwick, exacerbated by employees scarcity on the airline.

Ben Hunter is among the many travellers all of the sudden stranded in Lanzarote. His mom, Sue Steddy, tweeted: “How can you cancel flights and leave people stranded in Lanzarote and not sort something out for them? My son will get sacked if he doesn’t get home for work. How is it legal to do this?”

Holidaymakers booked on the cancelled flights from Lanzarote and Kos face lengthy delays to return to the UK, with many flights from the Canaries and the Greek islands closely booked after weekend cancellations.

One passenger to Northern Ireland, tweeting as SophESea, wrote: “Why is there no one at the easyJet desk in Gatwick airport?

“Our flight to Belfast has been cancelled and we’ve received absolutely no information about how to collect our bags, offer of accommodation etc.” The Independent has requested easyJet for a response.

Travellers booked to Belfast and Isle of Man ought to have the ability make various preparations comparatively simply, whereas passengers in Montpellier can go by practice to Paris or Lille and hook up with Eurostar to London.

Under European air passengers’ rights guidelines, easyJet is required to offer various flights on the identical day – which appears nigh-impossible – or pay for a ticket on a rival transport supplier if that’s the quickest technique to get the traveller house.

The newest cancellations take the variety of easyJet flights grounded to and from Gatwick on Monday to 40, representing at the very least 6,000 passengers.

The Independent has recognized at the very least 5 easyJet departures from the Sussex airport on Tuesday: to Athens, Barcelona, Cagliari, Malaga and Valencia.

Cancelled easyJet flights to/from Gatwick on Monday: