British travellers going abroad for the Easter holidays faced disruptions Monday as two main carriers, British Airways and easyJet, cancelled dozens of flights due to staff shortages related to soaring cases of COVID-19 in the U.K.
Budget carrier easyJet grounded 62 flights scheduled for Monday after cancelling at least 222 flights over the weekend, while British Airways said some three dozen out of its 115 flights cancelled Monday were due to pandemic-related problems.
Several of the British Airways cancellations were made at the last minute due to staff calling in sick, and about 25 others were a result of a decision taken in recent weeks to reduce its overall flight schedule. "Aviation has been one of the industries worst hit by the pandemic and airlines and airports are experiencing the same issues rebuilding their operations while managing the continuing impact of COVID," it added.
But coronavirus cases across the U.K. have soared again with the rapid spread of the more transmissible Omicron BA.2 variant, reaching record levels last week when official figures showed that some 1 in 13 people had the coronavirus.
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