Originally Posted by
vectisman
In summer 2021 BA leased 230 weekly slots to Easyjet at Gatwick. These slots are now being returned over the next couple of years as BA and
BA Euroflyer increase Gatwick operations. 90 weekly slots are being returned for Summer 2024 to BA/BA Euroflyer.
In addition, Easyjet struggled in Summer 2023 to operate 80 to 85 aircraft from Gatwick. You may remember they had to cancel many flights during the summer period.
In summer 2024 based aircraft at Gatwick will be up to 10 less than this year. Several A319s have already left Gatwick for the scrap yard and 3 A320s are off to Birmingham for the new base being
opened at that airport.
Thanks. That makes a lot more sense. So Easy are losing 90 slots, not 90 flights. And it sounds like they don't have the capacity to fully utilise those slots in any case. So it's not as simple as Easy needing somewhere to relocate routes and metal displaced from LGW.