The repeated sightings of drones at the Sussex airport caused flights to be cancelled for nearly two days in December costing easyJet around £5 million from cancelled flights and lost revenue, plus another £10 million in “customer welfare” costs.
The airline was forced to cancel more than 400 flights due to the drone disruption, which affected 82,000 of easyJet’s customers.
Despite this disruption and impending Brexit on March 29, easyJet said it had seen “robust” customer demand during its first quarter up to December 31.
