easyJet cancels over 1700 flights this summer citing traffic control delays

easyJet has cancelled over 1700 flights in the peak summer travel season in August and September disrupting travel plans of thousands of passengers as its main hub, London Gatwick struggles to cope with the first fully post-pandemic year. The cancellations will affect 180,000 passengers, with 95% of those affected had already been booked onto alternative flights. The rest have been offered a refund, the airline said. The airline cited unprecedented air traffic control delays at airport causing cancellations that have been worsened by the war in Ukraine, rather than pilot or crew shortages. “We are currently operating up to around