Was the operations chief’s exit also an admission the airline has only itself to blame for some of its woes?
Not another unscheduled cancellation at easyJet. This time it’s the chief operating officer who is grounded, though the precise circumstances of Peter Bellew’s exit from the company were lost in the fog of corporate speak. He has quit “to pursue other business opportunities”, said the statement, without describing which opportunities.
Almost the only clear detail was that Bellew resigned on Friday. Since Monday morning at 7am, on the dot, would be the normal moment to inform shareholders, the other mini-mystery is why it took easyJet until 11.30am to do so. The corporate commitment to prompt communication needs work.
