The nation is currently plagued by airport chaos and disruption with 1,143 flights cancelled in the past week. Passengers have been warned to expect flight cancellations caused by staff shortages to continue.
UK flights have been axed in recent days due to crews being off sick amid a rise in coronavirus cases, while experts also said airlines and airports are struggling because of the number of job cuts made during the pandemic.
Aviation data firm Cirium said 1,143 UK flights were cancelled last week, compared with just 197 during the same period in 2019. The vast majority of last week’s cancellations were by easyJet and British Airways.
