Bad surprise at the airports. The company Easyjet was forced to cancel around 200 flights on Thursday, including some departing from France, due to computer problems. “We apologize to customers whose flights have been disrupted by our computer system issues, you can check your flight status here,” the British low-cost carrier tweeted late Thursday.
If the problem “was solved in a few hours”, indicates Easyjet to Figaro, a few more flights were canceled this Friday morning. “Today [Friday] we expect to operate around 1,700 flights, but unfortunately a small number of them have been affected this morning,” we are told.
Easyjet initially announced that only flights due to take off between 1pm and 3pm Thursday UK time would be cancelled. The company then said that the disruptions could last despite the resolution of the technical problem, due to a domino effect. In total, some 200 flights – out of nearly 1,500 operated – were canceled on Thursday.
These cancellations concerned several European airports, including in France. Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Lyon, Toulouse and Nice airports were affected, for flights departing from or arriving in the United Kingdom, Morocco, Portugal, Italy and Spain. .
“Our customers have been informed and given the option of rebooking or getting a refund,” said the low-cost airline, which has already been forced to cancel hundreds of flights in recent weeks due to fuel shortages. staff.
