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EasyJet removes seats from planes to cut cabin crew numbers
Britain's biggest budget airline is once again limiting the number of passengers who can be carried on its smallest aircraft.
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- EasyJet to take out seats so it can fly with fewer crewThe airline plans to remove a row of seats so that it can fly with fewer cabin crew on board.
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- EasyJet removes seats from planes to cut cabin crew numbersBritain's biggest budget airline is once again limiting the number of passengers who can be carried on its smallest aircraft.
Times Online
- EasyJet strips out seats to cope with summer season of travel chaosEasyJet has announced that it will remove seats from its aircraft to cope with staff shortages as European airports warn of a summer of travel chaos.
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- EasyJet holiday warning as it plans to REMOVE SEATS on planes and cut passenger numbersBy removing the back row of seats on its A319 planes, the budget airline will be able to fly with three crew members instead of four
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road.cc
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- Scots men more likely to drive than use public transport, survey findsIt comes as part of a campaign to encourage more people to ditch their cars
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