UK: Thousands of people unable to return home, as another 100 flights cancelled

• Thousands of vacationers are stranded abroad due to the cancellation of flights to the United Kingdom.
• The aviation industry is trying to keep up with rising travel demand.
• British Airways has cancelled more than 100 short-haul flights from Heathrow Airport.

Thousands of vacationers are stranded abroad due to the cancellation of flights to the United Kingdom. They are unable to return to their homes.

Holidaymakers’ plans to return from half-term or bank holiday holidays have been thrown into disarray due to mass cancellations by airlines such as easyJet, British Airways, Tui Airways, and Wizz Air.

In the face of a chronic manpower shortfall, the aviation industry is trying to keep up with rising travel demand.

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Following the cancellation of scores of flights over the weekend, easyJet has cancelled another 26 flights scheduled to arrive or depart from Gatwick today.

Bilbao, Madrid, and Seville in Spain, Milan and Palermo in Italy, Geneva and Zurich in Switzerland, and Malta were among the destinations.

British Airways has cancelled more than 100 short-haul flights from Heathrow Airport, despite the fact that passengers were notified in advance.

Tui Airways has announced the cancellation of six daily flights from Manchester.

On the outbound part of their excursions, many vacationers encountered mayhem at airports and flight cancellations.

According to aviation data provider Cirium, 225 departures from UK airports were cancelled between Monday and Friday last week.

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Last year, during the same half-term week, there were only 24.

Consultation on travel According to the PC Agency, ‘last-minute modifications’ to flights on Sunday impacted at least 15,000 passengers.

According to CEO Paul Charles, this had “significant knock-on effects” and that “clearing the backlog will take three days.”

After letting thousands of individuals go during the coronavirus outbreak, UK airline passengers have been experiencing delays for several months due to a staffing shortage.

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