Easyjet is struggling with a staff shortage in the midst of the peak travel season. Now the low-cost airline is announcing a reduced offer for the second half of the year.
Due to the lack of staff at airports, the low-cost airline Easyjet is cutting its capacity for the second half of the financial year.
This will lead to a cost burden and more costs would be incurred than previously estimated in the forecast, the company in Luton, UK, said on Monday without giving specific figures. Analyst Alex Irving from Bernstein Research estimates the additional costs due to the outages to be between 100 and 200 million pounds sterling (up to just under 233 million euros).
Easyjet now expects a capacity of around 87 percent in the third quarter (as of the end of June) compared to pre-pandemic times, instead of the previously forecast 90 percent. In the fourth quarter, this should recover slightly to 90 percent, but fall short of the previously expected 97 percent.
The airports had reduced staff during the pandemic, which they now lack in the summer travel season. The two airports that are important for Easyjet, London Gatwick and Amsterdam Schiphol, had recently canceled flights due to the lack of staff.
Source: Stern
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