Weather & Technical Diversions, Delays & Cancellations

[TheLocalYokel]

Friday 26 july.
3 Easyjet rotations cancelled today so far.I don't know reason for these cancelled flights.
Pisa, Faro and Inverness cancelled so far.
Also Flybe late morning Jersey rotation cancelled.

There is an air transport strike in Italy today between 1000 and 1400 which probably accounts for the Pisa cancellation. easyJet's inbound Venice early afternoon is also cancelled and presumably the return flight too. There are other Italian flights that do seem to be operating before and after the strike period although Ryanair's 1000 to Milan MXP is shown as departed. It might be that the strike is patchy across the country.

When the situation becomes clearer later in the day I'll do a complete list with those cancelled because of industrial action shown in red. I was only thinking the other day that this summer hasn't been as badly affected by industrial action-related cancellations as some previous summers. Perhaps we are about to pay for that now the peak season is upon us.

I don't know why the morning Faro has been cancelled. There is only one further easyJet Faro today which is this evening and a Ryanair departure at 1035 that has now gone. I would think there is very little room if any on the other flights this time of the year so there will be a lot of disappointed holidaymakers if it's not possible to make alternative arrangements.

Friday 26 July 2019

The below list appears to be the final total of today's cancellations. The four-hour strike in Italy from mid-morning might have been responsible for some of the cancellations but not the majority. They might be related to major problems experienced around the UK and Europe with atc difficulties.

The cancellations shown in red are believed to be industrial action related.

easyJet EZY 6005 to Faro at 0650 returning as EZY 6006 at 1240 cancelled
easyJet EZY 6189 to Pisa at 0730 returning as EZY 6190 at 1235 cancelled
Blue Islands/Flybe BE6474 from Jersey at 1100 and return BE6475 at 1130 cancelled
easyJet EZY393 to Inverness at 1355 returning as EZY394 at 1715 cancelled
easyJet EJU3361 from Venice MP at 1425 cancelled*
easyJet EZY6157 to Geneva at 1805 returning as EZY6158 at 2200 cancelled
easyJet EZY6197 to Milan MXP at 1805 returning as EZY6198 at 2255 cancelled

* Venice is operated by a VCE-based aircraft. Although the inbound was cancelled FR24 shows the outbound EJU3362 at 1455 as operational. The aircraft was an Airbus A320 OE-ICP that operated Venice-Mykonos this morning then Mykonos-Bristol which enabled it to work the 1455 to Venice.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Saturday 27 July 2019

Numerous lengthy delys today with so far Ryanair from Bergamo at nearly five hours the longest. There have been five rotations cancelled thus far, all easyJet, viz,

EZY6157 to Geneva at 0640 and presumably the return EZY6158 at 1035 but it's not shown at all on the BRS website arrivals page
EZY6139 to Toulouse at 1305 and the return EZY6140 at 1710
EZY6107 to Marseille at 1345 and presumably the return EZY6108 at 1810 although there is nothing shown against it on the BRS website arrivals page
EZY404 from Glasgow at 1550 and the return EZY405 at 1615
EZY6045 to Palma at 1950 and the return EZY6046 at 0055 on Sunday

Incidentally, EZY6045 was shown as 'sold out' prior to the flight being cancelled and all three easyJet BRS-PMI flights tomorrow are shown as 'sold out'.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Sunday 28 July 2019

More delays today with five rotations cancelled.

easyJet EZY6091 to Ibiza at 0605 returning as EZY6092 at 1125
Blue Islands/Flybe BE6488 from Jersey at 1300 returning to Jersey as BE6489 at 1330
easyJet EZY6029 to Barcelona at 1825 returning as EZY6030 at 2330
easyJet EZY429 to Edinburgh at 1945 returning as EZY432 at 2240
easyJet EZY407 to Glasgow at 2010 returning as EZY408 at 2305

The Blue Islands/Flybe rotation is the second one on Mondays, Fridays and Sundays. I note it was also cancelled on Friday. I don't know whether there are operational problems or whether passengers can all be accommodated on the mid-afternoon flight which does seem to operate.

 

[superking]

Monday 29/07/19
The only flight cancelled up till now is BFS rotation.
Easy jet EZY445 08.00 departure time Return flight EZY446 10.55 arrival time. BFS flight cancelled.
Weather this will be the only cancelled flight of the day only time will tell.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Monday 29/07/19
The only flight cancelled up till now is BFS rotation.
Easy jet EZY445 08.00 departure time Return flight EZY446 10.55 arrival time. BFS flight cancelled.
Weather this will be the only cancelled flight of the day only time will tell.

Seems to be the only cancellations today. There was also a 0700 easyJet BFS departure and two more later in the day. It's probably doubtful that all those on the cancelled flights could be accommodated on the others.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Saturday 3 August 2019

One cancellation today.

easyJet EZY6035 to Madrid at 1340 and return EZY6036 due at BRS 1850. Don't know why. I'm not aware of industrial action anywhere that would have an effect.

 

[Ice-tongs]

Saturday 3 August 2019

One cancellation today.

easyJet EZY6035 to Madrid at 1340 and return EZY6036 due at BRS 1850. Don't know why. I'm not aware of industrial action anywhere that would have an effect.

Easyjet flight tracker advises it was cancelled due to crewing issues.

 

[superking]

Sunday 04-08-19
The Easy jet flight frm BCN EJU 6026 due 09-05 cancelled
The return flight EJU 6025 due out at 10.15 cancelled
The only other flight cancelled up till now is the mid day Flybe/blue island flight to Jersey.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Sunday 04-08-19
The Easy jet flight frm BCN EJU 6026 due 09-05 cancelled
The return flight EJU 6025 due out at 10.15 cancelled
The only other flight cancelled up till now is the mid day Flybe/blue island flight to Jersey.

The second Blue Islands/Flybe JER that was supposed to operate on three days each week this summer doesn't seem to operate and is shown as cancelled each time on the BRS website.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Sunday 04-08-19
The Easy jet flight frm BCN EJU 6026 due 09-05 cancelled
The return flight EJU 6025 due out at 10.15 cancelled
The only other flight cancelled up till now is the mid day Flybe/blue island flight to Jersey.

Two more easyJet rotations cancelled today.
EZY566 to Newcastle at 1635 returning at 1910 as EZY565
EZY405 to Glasgow at 1645 returning at 1940 as EZY406

Reasons not known.

 

[kraktoa]

For a few years running I have heard on the grapevine that EZY crew accrue a lot of leave and unpaid overtime that they have to use up before the end of June/july or else they lose the hours.

When many crew take leave at the end of the year, as is their right and EZY wont pay them for the hours not taken, it results in shortage of operationalcrew.

Flights are thus cancelled. Shocking for the paying passenger if true.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

For a few years running I have heard on the grapevine that EZY crew accrue a lot of leave and unpaid overtime that they have to use up before the end of June/july or else they lose the hours.

When many crew take leave at the end of the year, as is their right and EZY wont pay them for the hours not taken, it results in shortage of operationalcrew.

Flights are thus cancelled. Shocking for the paying passenger if true.

Obviously I can't comment on the point you make about leave and unpaid overtime because I have no knowledge whatsoever, but I have noticed in recent years, especially at peak summer, that easyJet does appear to cancel flights more so than Ryanair (taking into account the fact that easyJet operates 3/4 times as many) for no obvious reason. They often seem to be flights later in the day when perhaps aircraft have sometimes picked up significant cumulative delays, and I've assumed that for the most part the crew would have run out of hours hence the cancellation.

Next month Mrs Yokel and I are booked on one of the last easyJet inbound flights on a Sunday evening and I'm crossing everything that we don't find ourselves looking at a 'cancelled' sign on a FID.

 

[superking]

Saturday 10=8=19.
The Easy jet flight has been cancelled EZY6177 to Olbia dep time was 10.25
The return flight EZY 6178 shon cancelled as well.
The Easyjet flight from CDG is showing diverted. It was due into BRS at12.55. Now showing at 14.15. I can only think the diversion is CDG end for what ever reason.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Saturday 10=8=19.
The Easy jet flight has been cancelled EZY6177 to Olbia dep time was 10.25
The return flight EZY 6178 shon cancelled as well.
The Easyjet flight from CDG is showing diverted. It was due into BRS at12.55. Now showing at 14.15. I can only think the diversion is CDG end for what ever reason.

I don't know why the easyJet Olbia was cancelled. Looking at Olbia arrivals, there didn't seem to be problems there and the Loganair from BRS to Olbia departed a little while before the cancelled easyJet.

Not shown on the BRS departures/arrivals pages is the cancellation of easyJet EZY6161 to Amsterdam at 0615 with the return EZY6162 due 0920 also cancelled. FR24 shows the cancellation of this rotation but the BRS website departure page is still merely showing 'Go to check-in Desk 20' and the BRS arrivals page is showing nothing at all. Perhaps this aircraft was also meant to operate the Olbia and had a problem.

easyJet EZY6221 to Paris Cdg at 0950 that you mentioned is shown on FR24 as departing BRS three hours late and returning at 1607, over three hours late.

The BRS webste shows easyJet EZY6006 from Faro at 1240 as diverted to Birmingham. FR24 confirms this and later shows the aircraft returning from BHX. Reason for diversion is unknown. There were a lot of other aircraft landing around the time of the diversion so presumably it was not weather-related.

easyJet EZY6121to Bordeaux at 1745 was cancelled according to FR 24 - the BRS website departures page shows nothing but its arrivals page shows the return EZY6122 at 2120 as cancelled, confirmed by FR24.

So yet another weekend with a number of easyJet cancellations at BRS.

With the weather forecast for yesterday and today and the actual weather that transpired, I would not have been surprised had BRS been seriously affected by cancellations/diversions so there are some positives to take despite the cancellations that did occur.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

I don't know why the easyJet Olbia was cancelled. Looking at Olbia arrivals, there didn't seem to be problems there and the Loganair from BRS to Olbia departed a little while before the cancelled easyJet.

Not shown on the BRS departures/arrivals pages is the cancellation of easyJet EZY6161 to Amsterdam at 0615 with the return EZY6162 due 0920 also cancelled. FR24 shows the cancellation of this rotation but the BRS website departure page is still merely showing 'Go to check-in Desk 20' and the BRS arrivals page is showing nothing at all. Perhaps this aircraft was also meant to operate the Olbia and had a problem.

easyJet EZY6221 to Paris Cdg at 0950 that you mentioned is shown on FR24 as departing BRS three hours late and returning at 1607, over three hours late.

The BRS webste shows easyJet EZY6006 from Faro at 1240 as diverted to Birmingham. FR24 confirms this and later shows the aircraft returning from BHX. Reason for diversion is unknown. There were a lot of other aircraft landing around the time of the diversion so presumably it was not weather-related.

easyJet EZY6121to Bordeaux at 1745 was cancelled according to FR 24 - the BRS website departures page shows nothing but its arrivals page shows the return EZY6122 at 2120 as cancelled, confirmed by FR24.

So yet another weekend with a number of easyJet cancellations at BRS.

With the weather forecast for yesterday and today and the actual weather that transpired, I would not have been surprised had BRS been seriously affected by cancellations/diversions so there are some positives to take despite the cancellations that did occur.

Not just BRS by the sound of it. This post appeared this evening on another aviation website.

Another 21 Easyjet flights into/out of Gatwick cancelled today, with the majority of those operating doing so with 2+ hour delays.
Another year, another summer of crew shortages and chaos.

Something similar was posted a weekend or two ago about Gatwick.

Perhaps my post #1392 above re easyJet's propensity for cancelling flights is not too wide of the mark.

 

[Ricky81]

Hi first time post we were on the Smart Lynx A320 Almeria,which we use a lot(it is quieter this year it was an A321 last year) and to say the landing at 12.15 was hairaising is an understatement severe wind so surprised there appears to be only 1 diversion

 

[David_itl]

This post appeared this evening on another aviation website.

Another 21 Easyjet flights into/out of Gatwick cancelled today, with the majority of those operating doing so with 2+ hour delays.
Another year, another summer of crew shortages and chaos.

I wonder how that poster would explain lots of delays on a heap of other airlines at LGW. Not all the airlines would have similar crew shortages I imagine. I noted that National Rail put out a warning of for "severe weather" on the Gatwick Express line yesterday so would expect that winds may have played a part in the delays.

 

[superking]

Easy jet and Ryanair tend to cancel flights with a sign of bad weather on the way.But I will say out the 2 airlines Ryanair do try a lot harder to run services they have cancelled,more so than Easy jet.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

I wonder how that poster would explain lots of delays on a heap of other airlines at LGW. Not all the airlines would have similar crew shortages I imagine. I noted that National Rail put out a warning of for "severe weather" on the Gatwick Express line yesterday so would expect that winds may have played a part in the delays.

This has been going on at BRS on summer weekends for a number of years. In fairness, it can sometimes be attributed to overseas industrial action* but not always by any means and Ryanair, BRS's second busiest presence after easyJet, doesn't cancel a similar percentage of its flights at those times. In fact, it invariably cancels none on those weekend days when easyJet goes in for cancellations.

I presume that many of the easyJet non-industrial action cancellations are due to aircraft picking up delays as a day goes on - often I imagine for reasons outside the airline's control - leaving crews likely to be out of hours especially with the last rotation of the day in prospect. If that is so I have some sympathy with the predicament in which the airline finds itself, but it doesn't help me as a passenger.

I'm now reluctant to book with easyJet at BRS at weekends in summer - an airline I've used probably a couple of hundred times at BRS since they set up there following the Go acquisition around 17 years ago. I've found almost without exception that they provide a good passenger experience; it's just that question mark at summer weekends. I am using them early next month but that's because the holiday company we are booked with uses easyJet as its carrier on the route in question, something we were aware of before we booked but nevertheless decided to go ahead as there is a particular reason why we want the specific holiday on the dates we've booked.

* Whenever it can be established with certainty that cancellations are the result of industrial action, from this year they are shown in red within this thread

Hi first time post we were on the Smart Lynx A320 Almeria,which we use a lot(it is quieter this year it was an A321 last year) and to say the landing at 12.15 was hairaising is an understatement severe wind so surprised there appears to be only 1 diversion

Welcome to F4A and thank you for your first post. We hope to read many more in the future.

As I said in an earlier post I was surprised there weren't more diversions. That there weren't again speaks volumes about the training and skill of airline pilots because there might have been occasions in the past day or two when the weather was only just within operating minima when aircraft were landing and taking off.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Sunday 11 August 2019

easyJet EZY6111 to Nice at 0700 and return EZY6112 due at 1140.
Blue Islands/Flybe BE6488 from Jersey at 1300 and return departure BE6489 due to leave at 1330.

The BI/Flybe cancellation is the additional JER for this summer that rarely seems to operate. The 'regular' BI/Flybe JER flight later in the afternoon operated as usual.