UK airport disruption: what are your rights if you have been affected?

If a flight has been cancelled and is covered by UK law, the airline must offer passengers the choice of another flight or a refund. Photograph: Jordan Pettitt/PA

Airports across the UK including Manchester, Birmingham and all those in London were thrown into chaos by a technical failure in the air traffic control system on Tuesday.

Although the air traffic control provider Nats fixed the problem within hours, the fallout continued to cause flight delays and cancellations on Wednesday.