EasyJet reports the misery of summer travel after nearly 1,300 canceled flights in June

The low-cost airline announced that it had canceled 1,263 flights in June, about 900 due to the French and Italian strike, and 150 more due to air traffic control (ATC) restrictions and bad weather [19659008]. 974 easyJet flights were canceled in May and are down to 213 a year earlier.

According to Ryanair, the ATC strikes on the mainland caused more than 210,000 pbadengers canceled in June. 19659002] The Dublin-based carrier said more than 1,100 flights were canceled for the second consecutive month, due to air traffic strikes on four weekends in June.

It reveals the difficulties faced by pbadengers in the season as industrial action continues to wreak havoc.

Ryanair and owner of British Airways International Airlines Group (IAG) recently joined forces to prepare a complaint to the European Commission

They will argue that EU legislation is violated by failing to adequately protect flights over France since they claim that the incapacity of the Commission to tackle the problem undermines the freedom of movement of Europeans. Strikes are expensive for airlines and disrupt pbadengers tremendously, especially in France, as many British flights have to use the country's airspace or take longer routes to avoid them.

But ATC action has become a real headache for the industry. Despite these cancellations, easyJet saw its pbadenger numbers increase 2.3% to 7.9 million in June and its load factor – a measure of airline efficiency. fulfill their plans – improved from 94.8% to 95.4%.