
More than 10,000 passengers stranded after BA and easyJet flight cancellations
The IndependentSign 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 again endured dozens of cancellations, blamed on air-traffic control delays and bad weather across Europe. ”Due to air traffic control restrictions and adverse weather, like other airlines we’ve had to make a small number of alterations to our schedule,” a spokesperson for British Airways said “We know this will be frustrating for our customers and our teams are working hard to get them onto alternative flights as soon as possible, with the vast majority already booked onto services that will fly later today.” The Independent has also asked easyJet to comment on the cancellations, which follow hundreds of grounded flights the previous weekend. But the carrier has condemned what it calls “unacceptable” delays due to “repeated air-traffic control staff shortages across Europe” In a statement on its website it apologies to passengers for “the excessive flight delays caused by European ATC staff shortages today Monday 8 Jul which are affecting all European airlines. “ATC services, which have had the benefit of no French ATC strike disruption this summer, continue to underperform with repeated ‘staff shortages’.” Ryanair says one in six of its “first wave” departures – 579 early flights – was delayed due to staff shortage.
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