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Post by childwallblues on Sept 12, 2021 22:28:09 GMT 1
Last week I had an e-mail from easyJet informing me that my flights to/from Lanzarote next February/March had been cancelled. Instead we had been re-booked from/to Manchester on the same dates wuth MAN-ACE being at the unearthly hour of 0710 hours. What easyJet failed to inform us was that the flight has been re-scheduled from Thursday to a Tuesday. Not really convenient but better than MIA.
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Post by frlpl91 on Sept 13, 2021 0:11:10 GMT 1
Wonder why the winter sun flights from Liverpool are being affected? but Manchesters are being left alone more or less. My parents are thinking about Tenerife from Liverpool but as a LPL PSA for Easyjet ive said i wouldn’t book anything, our shift managers don’t even know what the winter schedule is gunna look like.
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Post by eye2eye5 on Sept 13, 2021 9:00:52 GMT 1
Odd. Last Tuesday, I received an e mail from easyJet advising me that our flights to Lanzarote on 11/11 were cancelled. Man option was to map us straight onto a MAN flight but usual cancellation options were offered. On Thursday, another e mail appeared simply cancelling the flight without the MAN mapping. If this is as a result of a change of day for the flight, at no point was that indicated. It does feel a bit clunky.
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Post by silvercity on Sept 13, 2021 10:07:03 GMT 1
Last week I had an e-mail from easyJet informing me that my flights to/from Lanzarote next February/March had been cancelled. Instead we had been re-booked from/to Manchester on the same dates wuth MAN-ACE being at the unearthly hour of 0710 hours. What easyJet failed to inform us was that the flight has been re-scheduled from Thursday to a Tuesday. Not really convenient but better than MIA. Really they should give you their nearest date alternative which maybe ex MAN and the nearest ex LPL option, being your departure point preference . Plenty of passengers pick Liverpool because its so much less stress than the MAN experience .
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Post by ametyst on Sept 13, 2021 10:13:26 GMT 1
Book Ryanair
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Post by eye2eye5 on Sept 14, 2021 8:51:36 GMT 1
Eurocontrol has posted the following data, which refers to the number of flights operated across Europe last Monday (6th September) compared with the same Monday in September 2019 (before the pandemic):
Wizz -4% Ryanair -9% easyJet-38%
That rather explains the future changes to the easyJet schedules we are currently seeing. Whether easyJet is being overly cautious or particularly sensible remains to be seen.
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Post by optimum1878 on Sept 14, 2021 11:16:33 GMT 1
Wizz have just been knocked back,in a takeover bid.
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Post by ronturner on Sept 14, 2021 14:57:42 GMT 1
I wouldn't mind betting that the So called take over bid was simply meant to get in the way of the easyjet rights issue; making the shareholders uncomfortable.
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Post by ronturner on Sept 17, 2021 18:19:16 GMT 1
From MONEY NEWS:-
EasyJet's biggest shareholder, the family of founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou, has decided not to support the budget airline as it looks to raise £1.2 billion from its backers.
After rejecting a takeover. reportedly from Wizz Air, the carrier asked shareholders if they would support it with a cash injection via a rights issue to get the balance sheet back on track and to invest in a new generation of aircraft to improve efficiency across the board.
However, the Haji-Ioannou family have sold their rights to buy new shares, a source familiar with the situation said.
a large passenger jet flying through a blue sky: (© Provided by This Is Money ( When a company launches a rights issue, it will offer existing shareholders the chance – or right – to buy new shares, invariably at a discount to the prevailing price.
The size of the discount depends on the amount of new money being raised, the way the company is perceived by investors and general market conditions.
The Haji-Ioannous, who originally made their fortune in the shipping industry, have sold 76.3 million nil paid rights at £1.65, a 15 per cent discount to the closing price of the rights on Thursday, said the source.
The family has repeatedly said it did not plan to plough more money into easyJet while the airline sticks to a deal with Airbus to buy more planes.
As a result of the rights issue, the family's stake is set to reduce to 15.2 per cent from 25.3 per cent when the new shares go live on September 28.
EasyJet has already raised more than £5.5billion since the start of the Covid crisis including £420 million from shareholders.
It has also employed a number of cost-cutting measures which have included selling planes, furloughing staff and letting go of up to 4,500 employees, or about 30 per cent of its workforce.
When it comes to its finances, easyJet reported its first ever annual loss last year – of £1.3billion – and has lost another £1billion in the first nine months of this financial year.
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Post by frlpl91 on Sept 30, 2021 0:58:06 GMT 1
the Amsterdam flight re started today TOB was 4, it’s very complicated to get there in term of covid documents you need a locator form from online AND proof of double vaccination ANdD a negative PCR test or you can’t travel.
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Post by eye2eye5 on Sept 30, 2021 9:03:42 GMT 1
Pretty standard requirement. We are currently in the Algarve. Prior to departure we needed to be double vaccinated, negative lateral flow test and completed on line locator form. It sounds daunting but once you get into the process, it’s fine. Just booked a pre return lateral flow test at a local centre for 25 Euros. The UK also requires a locator form to be completed before we check in, followed by a PCR test 2 days after returning to the UK. The last item is laughable, as Portugal has higher vaccination numbers and lower infection rates than the UK, whilst observance of mask wearing in supermarkets, restaurants etc is total. In comparison, the UK is third world. I should add that despite mask wearing in LJLA being mandatory, some passengers chose not to comply until immediately prior to boarding when the police were watching. Disappointing and should be challenged earlier.
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Post by viscount on Sept 30, 2021 12:10:37 GMT 1
I gather that the internal Dutch regulations regarding Covid are much tougher than those across much of Europe and quite certainly are strict when compared to the UK.
To access indoor venues which include museums, restaurants, concert halls and bars everyone needs to show a valid double inoculation certificate - however British NHS vaccination certificates are not recognised. Tourists from Britain need show a valid negative test which is valid for 24 hours only. So British tourists need to get a new negative test daily, which is free, but time consuming hastle - so Amsterdam is not a particularly attractive prospect for tourists from the UK at present.
Agree with 'eye2eye2'. Just had friends here (Spain) from the UK who were most surprised by willingness of the Spanish of all ages, to continue with, and to enforce, the wearing of face masks in shops, on urban streets, on all public transport (taxis, bus, train) and in cafes/bars/restaurants unless seated.
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Post by buspilot on Sept 30, 2021 13:18:07 GMT 1
. Very much laughable. I had to take a Day 2 PCR in the UK, the day before I returned to Spain. Result was to be emailed to me within 48 hours. That was 20 days ago. Still no email. Cost £65.
Waste of time and money.
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Post by LPL on Sept 30, 2021 13:22:40 GMT 1
Wonder if the airlines are giving grief to those goverments as they did to the UK Government for the travel requirements?
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Post by eye2eye5 on Sept 30, 2021 14:15:33 GMT 1
I’m not sure that requirements are so rigorous for EU citizens travelling between EU countries. I think that the EU digital travel pass fulfils most requirements….maybe contributors from other countries can confirm? UK infection rates are much higher than most EU countries so the need to test travellers from the UK is more obvious.
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