Airlines that dropped mask requirements are now suffering staff shortages due to COVID-19
▻https://www.cbsnews.com/news/airlines-face-mask-covid-rules-flights-canceled
“This welcome move by the U.K. Government marks a return to truly restriction-free flying to and from the U.K., giving an extra boost to travel this Easter. We are looking ahead to what we expect to be a strong summer for EasyJet, with plans to return to near 2019 levels of flying. We can’t wait to welcome more customers back on board,” EasyJet CEO Johan Lundgren said in a statement at the time.
Between March 28 and April 3, EasyJet cancelled 202 of its 3,517 flights scheduled to depart from the U.K., according to data provided to CBS MoneyWatch from Cirium, an aviation analytics company. By comparison, the carrier cancelled zero flights departing from the U.K. during the same period in 2019, before the pandemic.
An EasyJet spokesperson attributed the increase in cancelled flights to “higher than usual staff sickness levels” due to a recent surge in COVID-19 cases across Europe.
Yeah, restriction-free flying, c’est vachement plus free quand le vol est carrément annulé. (Le porte-parole qui vient ensuite expliquer que c’est pas grave, tu peux prendre un autre avion si tu veux.)
