Originally Posted by
wythy
EI UK are stumbling from one issue to another, first the strikes, then, one of their aircraft went to DUB for routine maintenence only to become AOG with a landing gear issue. The replacement aircraft also went AOG. When it did eventually arrive, it has been riddled with maintenence issues. An now to add to their woes, the flight crew are calling in sick at suspiciously high rates resulting in further cancellations.
Thanks for providiong more info on whats happening 2nd time in last 8 weeks EI34 has been cancelled for me, last time was re-routred through DUB and was delayed 3 hrs in DUB. TBH EI is usually a good bit cheaper in J than VS but given the issues booking VS seems like a safer bet