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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Simon Calder

Airport queues: Why are they so long and how long will the chaos last?

Neil Scott

With the Easter weekend fast approaching, the UK’s international transport network is creaking badly.

Both British Airways and easyJet are cancelling dozens of flights every day – BA’s cancellations are short-haul operations from Heathrow, while easyJet’s main base, Gatwick, is seeing the highest number of axed departures for the airline.

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