Ryanair Cancels Flights Due to Scheduling Mishap; Airline Released Complete List of Cancelled Flights
Ryanair has canceled several flights because they screwed up the schedule of their pilots' holidays.
The low-cost Irish airline is forced to cancel up to 50 flights every day from today until Oct. 28 because they "messed up" plotting their pilots' schedules and holidays, BBC confirmed.
The root cause of the massive flight cancellation was because Ryanair had a change in the system on how they organized their holiday year, which resulted in a pile of pending staff leaves that need to be taken. This leaves the airline with a shortage of available pilots over the next six weeks.
Ryanair's chief executive Michael O'Leary said that people whose flights are canceled will be transferred either to another flight on the same day or to a new schedule a day before or after their original date of departure.
Over 200 canceled flights are either going to or from London Stansted, including some connected to Edinburgh, Manchester, and Birmingham.
Ryanair explained that they canceled flights in airports that had the most jam-packed schedules, so they can easily cater to those who they put on alternative departures. This means that the airports in Rome, Milan, Brussels, and Barcelona might also have a number of flights axed.
O'Leary revealed that about 400,000 booked flights will be canceled. However, the chief executive explained that they chose to discomfort a small 2 percent of their passengers to be able to accommodate their remaining clients.
Ryanair's schedule of flights will return to normal when November hits.
O'Leary added that they are compensating for the rebooking of flights for their passengers who are eligible to receive compensation based on the European passenger rights legislation.
However, O'Leary clarified that they will not book them with their rival airlines, which is not part of the legislation.
People who booked up with Ryanair can check the complete list of canceled flights on their website.
