easyJet’s new integrated control centre (ICC) near Luton Airport will manage the safe and efficient operation of 2,000 mostly European flights a day.

Airline travel is heading for a very busy summer. According to Airports Council International (ACI), global passenger traffic in 2024 is predicted to surpass the 2019 level for the first time since Covid-19, reaching 9.7 billion passengers.

In anticipation of this growing passenger number, easyJet, a British multinational low-cost airline group headquartered at Luton Airport, has opened its new ICC to manage its daily flight programme.

“We are really pleased to have our new operations control centre up and running in time for the summer season ramp-up, providing our operational team with a modern and bespoke facility from which to manage up to 13,000 flights a week,” said Johan Lundgren, chief executive of easyJet.

The ICC, with its 24/7 operation and 250 members of staff, will manage over 340 flights that fly up to 300,000 customers to 35...