Already 15,000 travelers have had their flight canceled by Transavia in the past week. The airline is experiencing capacity problems. During the May holiday, 37 flights were canceled at Eindhoven Airport within a week.
Transavia canceled dozens of flights every week since the beginning of April, “a handful” every day that reports the NOS.
And travelers should expect more cancellations in May and June, the company warns. “The five extra leased aircraft that we hired for this summer are being delivered too late,” says Marcel de Nooijer, Transavia’s CEO.
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“We are doing everything we can to return to a stable fleet situation. We hope to inform people who travel in June at the end of this week or early next week whether their flight will continue,” says De Nooijer.
The fact that aircraft fail is not unusual in itself, according to the company, there are normally an average of two aircraft on the ground. But of the 45 aircraft that Transavia has, eight cannot be used at the moment.
One of the aircraft is not flying because maintenance is required. That takes longer due to delivery problems, the necessary parts are delayed.
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