Grant Shapps, criticised travel firms, saying they had “seriously oversold flights and holidays relative to their capacity to deliver”.
Unfortunately for those who like to deride government ministers (of any party) announcements, this is true.
Nobody forced carriers to schedule services beyond their resources. It seems there has been a significant disconnect at SOME (not all) carriers between the sales/commercial side and the operational capability - the latter including recruitment/replacement of staff who had been let go, though at some carriers more than others.
Schedule what you can deliver. When you are sold out, you are sold out ...