EasyJet CEO: We’ve stabilised operations but melting runways don’t help

Farnborough, England, July 19 (Reuters) – Executive Chief Easyjet (Ezj.L) said that low -cost airlines have stabilized IT flight operations after cutting their summer schedule last month, but merged the runway and restrictions on air traffic control (ATC) not helping During “challenging summer”.

CEO Johan Lundgren said Easyjet’s daily operation returned to the pre-Pandemic level after cutting, which followed the capacity in London Gatwick and Schiphol Amsterdam Airport

We cannot help if the runway is closed because it melts, we have assistance if air traffic controls include restrictions into the flow system, “he said at Farnborough Airshow on Tuesday.

“But things that are actually in our control, have been stabilized.”

Flights at Luton London Airport in England temporarily disrupted on Monday after the soaring temperature caused defects on the runway, pushing the airline including Easyjet to divert the aircraft.

Lundgren said Easyjet had released a row of seats on the A319 aircraft to free the cabin crew members and had mobilized more staff at the airport to increase resilience.

“Therefore, we cannot be complacent because we know that there are challenges around the ATC environment, land handling, airports,” he told Reuters.

Lundgren said he supported airport flights that limit flights, adding that Easyjet cuts are in line with the movement.

We support (hats), because it is clear that the airport is in the best situation to evaluate what can be given by the entire system, in terms of land management for example, “he said.

“For the sake of customers, airports that have the best view of this situation.

“A land treatment that fails to work with one other airline will have an impact on us as well because there will be a delay.”

The imposition of a passenger number close at Heathrow London, which was not used by Easyjet, caused a fight with Dubai Emirates last week.

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Easyjet announced that the event would partner with the maker of Aero-Mesin Rolls-Royce for the basic test of hydrogen combustion engine technology.

Lundgren does not determine how many airlines will invest outside saying it is the number of millions of pounds.