we start with the latest fallout from what has been a recent wave of travel dirspution hitting the airline industry. the chief operating officer of easyjet has handed in his resignation after he oversaw a series of flight cancellations and disruption for travellers in recent weeks. this comes after thousands of easyjet flights have been cancelled some at short notice. so what are we talking about here? it s understood that roughly 10 thousand flights scheduled to run overjuly, august and september have been cancelled. thats s about 6% of easyjet s scheduled flights and the airline says the majority of its flights are unaffected with it continuing to operate up to 1,700 flights a day. but easyjet is far from the only business affected by widespread issues hitting aviation at the moment from staff shortages to industrial action. joining me now is travel expert paul charles chief executive of the pc agency. good morning to you, paul. specifically, easyjet, it was all a bit
we start with the latest fallout from what has been a recent wave of travel dirspution hitting the airline industry. the chief operating officer of easyjet has handed in his resignation after he oversaw a series of flight cancellations and disruption for travellers in recent weeks. this comes after thousands of easyjet flights have been cancelled some at short notice. so what are we talking about here? it s understood that roughly 10 thousand flights scheduled to run overjuly, august and september have been cancelled. thats s about 6% of easyjet s scheduled flights and the airline says the majority of its flights are unaffected with it continuing to operate up to 1,700 flights a day. but easyjet is far from the only business affected by widespread issues hitting aviation at the moment from staff shortages