EASYJET is the latest airline to cut flights from its winter schedule in order to manage fuel costs.
The airline in total has now cut almost 1.4million seats between October 2026 and March 2027.
EasyJet usually offers around 50million flights over the winter season.
But earlier this year it announced 700,000 flights would be axed from the schedule.
And now almost another 700,000 flights have been cut with latest axing meaning it’s had a reduction of two days’ worth of flying, according to Gurufocus.
Talking to the Financial Times, chief executive Kenton Jarvis explained that easyJet would be scaling back capacity over certain months so that it could avoid paying high fuel costs.
Since the Iran War started in February, the cost of jet fuel has almost doubled.
Kenton Jarvis added that cutting capacity is something which is happening “across all competitors” and that it’s “no surprise” given the fuel costs.
Cutting capacity means that the airline can “reduce its use of more expensive fuel”.
It comes shortly after Ryanair announced it would be axing two million seats this winter due to rising fuel costs.
In a statement, the airline said “Subject to pricing and passenger demand, Ryanair expects this one-off winter schedule cut to reduce [November 2026 – March 2027 losses] by €70 million to €100 million (£85.8million).”
The two million seats works out to as many as 13,000 flights, although which routes will be affected is yet to be confirmed.
Ryanair boss, Michael O’Leary, also added that flight costs are likely to increase next year too.
Talking about 2027, Michael O’Leary said that flight prices were “only going one way”, which is “significantly upward”.
He added: “Fares for Ryanair passengers and every other passenger into the summer of 2027 are going to rise materially, I believe, because of significantly higher oil prices.”
Sun Travel has approached easyJet for comment.