Tag Archives: easyJet

Gatwick faces mass flight delays as air traffic control chief resigns

Thousands of passengers flying to and from the UK have had their flights cancelled due to poor weather conditions and a shortage of air traffic control staff. Around 3,500 passengers waiting to board 20 flights to or from London Gatwick on Monday morning were grounded. Most were booked on easyJet, which cancelled six flights, including… Read More »

Fight breaks out over 100ml U-turn as passengers told to arrive an hour early for flights

Airport passengers have been told to wait an extra hour to clear security queues amid a row over the Government’s U-turn on the 100ml limit on liquids in carry-on luggage. EasyJet is advising passengers to arrive three hours early for flights from Birmingham Airport after increased security queues caused passengers to queue outside the building.… Read More »

EasyJet removes four-year-old from Gatwick but allows him to fly from Southampton

A four-year-old boy and his mother flew from Southampton to Geneva on EasyJet flight 1586 for a week’s holiday in the Alps. They passed through Swiss passport control shortly after 6pm on December 17, 2023. According to easyJet they should not have done this. Earlier the same day, the airline had talked them out of… Read More »

Hand luggage allowances have been reduced; These are the stingiest airlines in the sky

Enticingly affordable plane tickets often hide an inconvenient truth: Bringing nothing but the most modest backpacks onto the plane may incur an extra fee that wasn’t included in the initially promised fare. The increasing sophistication of cheap tickets has now spread to the contents of overhead lockers, with popular budget carriers such as Ryanair and… Read More »

Do you have what it takes to become a pilot? Take our quiz and find out

Airline easyJet has developed a high-speed pilot aptitude test to encourage more potential pilots to apply – we designed our own test here – Getty Square circle. Square star. Square-square: a match. This is not a game for children, it is part of the high speed pilot skill test developed by easyJet airline. The puzzles… Read More »

How Southend Airport wants to bring back its glory days

Southend Airport hopes to return to days of serving two million customers a year – SOUTHEND AIRPORT Five years ago Telegraph Travel reported on the “remarkable renaissance” of London Southend. Two million passengers departed from Essex Airport on 9,467 flights in 2019; This means an increase of approximately 30 percent compared to the previous year.… Read More »

The rise of multi-generational holidays – and why not every grandma wants to travel with her family

Retired photo librarian Alan Thomas booked a South African safari for his children and grandchildren to celebrate his 80th birthday It looks like a vacation with your grandchildren might be good for you. Or at least according to biogerontologist Dr., a scientist who specializes in the aging process. That’s what James Brown found in a… Read More »