Transavia is short of planes during the May holiday

A spokesperson for Transavia confirms to Luchtvaartnieuws that there’s a drawback with fleet capability. The upkeep of some plane is delayed, partly as a result of components aren’t accessible on time.

As well as, it takes longer to deploy the 5 Boeing 737-800s, which beforehand flew with the bankrupt Romanian airline Blue Air and are leased from Air Lease Company. In accordance with Transavia, the mandatory papers aren’t but so as and it doesn’t appear to be this will likely be doable earlier than the Could vacation. The planes have been at Schiphol for some time now.

The web site Travelpro reported on Thursday that Transavia should cancel flights within the coming weeks, however attributes this to a request from Schiphol. The airport needs to cut back the crowds in the course of the Could vacation, which begins on the finish of April. A Schiphol spokesperson says that this isn’t a brand new request: the airport already knowledgeable airways in February that they need to scale back the variety of flights in the course of the Could vacation throughout peak instances within the morning by 5 %.

The capability issues not solely have an effect on Transavia itself, but additionally journey organizations which have bought seat capability and package deal excursions from the corporate. A spokesperson for TUI says that she is going to hear the precise penalties subsequent week.