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Brett Gibbons

Bank holiday weekend travel fears with 900 flights axed from UK airports

Around 900 flights have been cut from flight schedules for the forthcoming Bank Holiday weekend with staff shortages blamed for many of the cancellations. Amid recently announced high-profile airline flight cuts, analysis by aviation experts Cirium, has revealed the extent of potential disruption.

Cirium also confirmed the number of flights departing from the UK over the forthcoming extended Bank Holiday weekend period is 21 per cent lower than in 2019, according to latest figures. The firm said that, since July 1, about 900 flights have been cut from flight schedules for period, from August 26-30.

Figures confirm that thousands of seats in total have been axed from flight schedules for the holiday period causing travel chaos for hordes of holidaymakers

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