Gatwick’s second-largest British airport in London has decided to reduce its July and August flights due to a lack of staff in the industry.
Summer 2022 and everything looks free as nothing in the UK is reminiscent of the previous two years of the pandemic. And yet… this year will be the third year in a row of a summer “travel chaos”. The reason; The shortage of staff in the British aviation industry, which daily reddens the departure signs at all UK airports with the word “CANCELLED”.
An important step, to alleviate the problem even a little, was taken today from Gatwick Airport with the decision to cancel more than 4,000 flights for the months of July and August.
This practically means that the second largest airport in the United Kingdom after Heathrow will reduce its daily flights to 825 in July and to 850 in August respectively. It is pointed out that the daily number of flights for the two “strongest” months of the summer exceeded 900 before the pandemic.
“Against” the Ministry of Transport and the aviation sector
The airport’s decision to work with the airlines came just a day after increased pressure from government and regulators warned that this summer’s flight schedule must be “achievable”. But for months now there has been an endless “ball” of responsibilities between the two. The airlines as a whole accuse the British Ministry of Transport that its bureaucracy is delaying the new recruitments and the Ministry of Transport on the other hand accuses the airlines and the airports that they have not managed to coordinate despite the warnings from the winter for this summer.
In fact, the British Minister of Transport, Grand Saps, had openly accused the airlines a few days ago that they “sell overbooking tickets and plan more flights than they can make”. On the other hand, Stuart Wingate, head of Godwick, said today that “this change will help, so that at least there are no last minute cancellations”. But either at the last minute or not, it is estimated that due to the decision of the airport, more than 800,000 passengers will be affected.
EasyJet, which is headquartered in Gatwick, seems to be hoping, not confident. In her statement today, she characteristically said that “we expect that we will be able to serve those who have already booked a ticket but are affected by the new data”. It is pointed out that it has not yet been confirmed whether the rest of the “package” for travelers will be “normal”. Because a flight may not be canceled but the huge queues at check-in and check-out, airport check-in and final disembarkation are considered almost certain…
Zoe Katzagiannaki, London
Source: Deutsche Welle
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