UK flight disruption: your rights and what you are entitled to

If you are at the airport when your flight is cancelled, you are entitled to ‘care and assistance’ while you wait for a new flight. Photograph: Daniel Leal/AFP/Getty Images

Travellers continue to face severe disruption after a UK air traffic control technical failure on the August bank holiday led to cancellations and delays. Although the problem was fixed after several hours, more knock-on delays are expected because aircrews and planes are left out of position.

My flight has been cancelled, what are my rights?