UK airport chaos: flight cancellations continue
Continuing airport chaos is still affecting thousands of British travellers with more widespread flight cancellations after a weekend of chaos.
On Tuesday, easyJet cancelled at least 50 flights with London’s Gatwick airport worst affected. Wizz Air scrapped at least seven too and British Airways has cancelled 124 flights from Heathrow.
At the end of the half-term holiday and a four day weekend, many families were due to return home this week. But over the weekend almost 200 flights into UK airports were cancelled from airlines including EasyJet, British Airways and Wizz Air leaving passengers stuck abroad.
After many travellers ended up stranded at airports across Europe on Monday, EasyJet scrapped 37 more flights. British Airways also axed more than 100 short-haul flights, stressing that passengers affected were given advanced notice as these were part of a scheduled reduction in place until October.
Now further cancellations on Tuesday have added to the ongoing chaos leaving questions about whether the industry will be ready for the summer season.
Even without flight cancellations, many travellers are facing long queues at security, baggage check-in and when reclaiming their luggage. Aviation bosses have blamed ongoing staff shortages and bad weather over the weekend for the disruption.
Airlines are being blamed for taking more bookings than they can manage following steep staff cuts during the height of Covid when travel ground to a halt.
But industry leaders have argued the government could have done more to support the sector during the pandemic.
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Source: www.euronews.com / www.bbc.com
