easyJet to cut down capacity even further

Tuesday, September 8, 2020

easyJet recently announced that it has decided to cut flying capacity in response to the ever-changing quarantine restrictions imposed by the U.K. government. The low-cost carrier stated that to make travel plans had been constantly affected by the changes and hence the airline has planned to fly slightly less than the decided 40% capacity in the fourth quarter of 2020.

Johan Lundgren, Chief Executive, easyJet, said in a statement that as mentioned in the quarter three trading update, the airline is closely monitoring customer behaviour and amending flying to ensure that its schedule is aligned with demand. He mentioned that due to the continued uncertainty regarding travelling and following the imposition of additional quarantine restrictions to seven Greek Islands, passenger is likely to be further impacted and might be lower than anticipated earlier.

He also informed that authorities will continue to take a prudent and conservative approach to capacity, as it has done during the pandemic. He also called upon the government to opt for a targeted, regionalised and more predictable and structured system of quarantine many weeks ago so customers are able to make travel plans with confidence. He also requested to the government to provide sector specific support for aviation which needs to take the form of a broad package of measures including the removal of air passenger duty for at least 12 months, the alleviation of air traffic control charges along with continuation of the slot rule waiver.

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