Flight cancellations soar as peak season begins. What, if anything, should we do?
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Flight cancellations soar as peak season begins. What, if anything, should we do?

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The reason, according to easyJet: “Air traffic control restrictions across Europe as a result of thunderstorms and capacity restrictions causing disruption.” Friday – which was set to be the busiest day in the skies of Europe since Covid – was even worse. British Airways and Wizz Air both cancelled a dozen flights, but easyJet’s Gatwick groundings dwarfed its rivals: 78, including some long hops to Cyprus, Turkey and the Canary Islands. A week earlier, dozens of flights were diverted or cancelled at Gatwick Airport due to staff shortage in the air traffic control tower. open image in gallery Circle game: flightpath of a British Airways 777 from Orlando to Gatwick, which was diverted to Heathrow due to a sister aircraft stuck on the runway My adventure this week looked scuppered before I had even reached Stansted Airport.

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Mass flight cancellations mar start of peak month for airline passengers
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Mass flight cancellations mar start of peak month for airline passengers

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A spokesperson for British Airways said: “Like all airlines, due to restrictions imposed by air-traffic control as a result of …

Passengers stranded for 50 HOURS in Corfu airport as thousands of flights are cancelled because of IT outage with chaos rumbling into its third day - as health chiefs warn GPs could still be affected
5 months ago

Passengers stranded for 50 HOURS in Corfu airport as thousands of flights are cancelled because of IT outage with chaos rumbling into its third day - as health chiefs warn GPs could still be affected

Daily Mail  

Holidaymakers have been left stranded at Corfu Airport for more than 50 hours amid global chaos caused by an IT glitch that affected millions of computers across the world. On the Greek island of Corfu, passengers desperate to get back to their homes told Manchester Evening News that they were fed up of waiting for technicians to resolve the ongoing …

Dozens more flights cancelled in UK as impact of Microsoft IT outage spreads into weekend
5 months ago

Dozens more flights cancelled in UK as impact of Microsoft IT outage spreads into weekend

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A mix of expected cancellations – for example British Airways flights from various points in Europe to London because the …

More than 10,000 passengers stranded after BA and easyJet flight cancellations
5 months, 2 weeks ago

More than 10,000 passengers stranded after BA and easyJet flight cancellations

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Passengers flying to and from the UK’s two busiest airports on the biggest airlines have once …

Travel chaos at Gatwick as British Airways plane blocks runway for 50 minutes
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Travel chaos at Gatwick as British Airways plane blocks runway for 50 minutes

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Sixteen flights have been diverted and dozens more are likely to be heavily delayed or cancelled …

Thousands stranded as air traffic control delays cause dozens of flight cancellations at Gatwick
1 year, 4 months ago

Thousands stranded as air traffic control delays cause dozens of flight cancellations at Gatwick

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Gatwick airport tweeted: “Disruption this evening has been caused by last minute staff shortages at the control tower and also …

Flight cancellation misery: why is it so often British Airways at Heathrow and easyJet at Gatwick?
1 year, 6 months ago

Flight cancellation misery: why is it so often British Airways at Heathrow and easyJet at Gatwick?

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. As the Heathrow stragglers sorted out their onward travel arrangements and possibly grimaced at the cost, across at Gatwick thousands …

British Airways cancels 60 more flights as storm disruption continues
1 year, 6 months ago

British Airways cancels 60 more flights as storm disruption continues

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. With British Airways aircraft and crew out of position, dozens more flights from Heathrow are cancelled on Tuesday – including …

EasyJet cancels over 100 Gatwick flights, stranding at least 15,000 passengers
1 year, 6 months ago

EasyJet cancels over 100 Gatwick flights, stranding at least 15,000 passengers

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy At least 15,000 passengers have had their journey plans wrecked after easyJet cancelled more than 100 …

Travel chaos: 300 flights cancelled on Monday following weekend snow
2 years ago

Travel chaos: 300 flights cancelled on Monday following weekend snow

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A spokesperson for Ryanair said: “Due to ongoing severe snowy weather across the UK, Stansted runway has closed temporarily disrupting …

Bank holiday misery as easyJet makes dozens of last-minute flight cancellations
2 years, 3 months ago

Bank holiday misery as easyJet makes dozens of last-minute flight cancellations

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Strikes by ground handlers at Portuguese airports have got the bank holiday weekend off to a …

Flying from Gatwick this summer? Stand by for changes
2 years, 6 months ago

Flying from Gatwick this summer? Stand by for changes

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Two weeks before the start of the July-August peak season, Gatwick airport’s bosses have asked airlines to trim their proposed …

All the British Airways flights that are cancelled today from UK airports
2 years, 6 months ago

All the British Airways flights that are cancelled today from UK airports

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy British Airways has cancelled 130 short-haul flights to and from its main base, London Heathrow airport …

Airlines can ill afford the damage mounting flight cancellations are doing to customer confidence
2 years, 6 months ago

Airlines can ill afford the damage mounting flight cancellations are doing to customer confidence

The Independent  

With half-term hostilities over, I fondly imagined the airlines would promptly get home the many travellers caught up in the hundreds of short-notice flight cancellations over the bank holiday weekend, then regroup to face the summer ahead. Instead, by Tuesday afternoon the cancellation crisis was getting even worse – with at least 60 UK flights being grounded by easyJet alone, …

Britons are left trapped abroad or unable to leave the UK as airport chaos continues
2 years, 6 months ago

Britons are left trapped abroad or unable to leave the UK as airport chaos continues

Daily Mail  

EasyJet passengers could be stranded abroad for up to a week due to the lack of seats left on flights back to the UK - or they face forking out hundreds of pounds for tickets with different airlines. BRISTOL AIRPORT: Holidaymakers and commuters flying from Bristol once again endure lengthy queues this morning STANSTED AIRPORT: A passenger waiting at London …

EasyJet to cancel more than 20 daily half-term flights from Gatwick
2 years, 6 months ago

EasyJet to cancel more than 20 daily half-term flights from Gatwick

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. We are very sorry for the late notice of some of these cancellations and …

Why have EasyJet cancelled flights?
2 years, 6 months ago

Why have EasyJet cancelled flights?

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A spokeswoman for easyJet said: “Unfortunately, we are currently experiencing IT systems issues which means that flights due to depart …

All the flights cancelled today from UK airports
2 years, 8 months ago

All the flights cancelled today from UK airports

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Passengers attempting to jet off on their Easter holidays encountered hours-long security queues and delays, as well as last-minute flight …

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