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Spanish eyes
So looking at the weather forecast for next week would you be happy to book an Easyjet flight from Southend for midweek to say Spain or Portugal? Actually I wonder if Easyjet look at the forecast and are now restricting ticket sales.
In the case of flights involving longer distances to the warmer climates, I suspect these will generally be booked some time in advance, so limiting ticket sales at such a late stage would probably be futile.
It’s logistically a lot harder now for airlines to offload due to last minute performance restrictions, since more people than ever travel with hand luggage and check in on line. Therefore the first contact they have with airline ground staff is at the gate. To start offloading passengers at this late stage is going to be far more problematic, than if a flight is overbooked (for example) as offloaded passengers in this case can’t even make it airside.