Heathrow Airport ordered the cancellation of dozens of flights at short notice on Monday, affecting around 10,000 passengers (Steve Parsons/PA)
(Picture: PA Wire)Earlier this week, British Airways announced that it will be cutting another 10,300 short-haul flights from now until the end of October.
The move from the airline sees the total percentage of cancellations across the company rise to a total of 13% this summer.
BA is one of the worst affected carriers in terms of schedule disruption in recent months, as the aviation industry battles increased demand as well as staff shortages.
However, it is not the only airline that’s been impacted - EasyJet, Wizz Air, and KLM have all also been forced to cancel flights.
Furthermore, Heathrow will introduce a capacity cap of 100,000 daily departing passengers until September 1 and has asked airlines to stop selling summer tickets as the aviation sector struggles to deal with the demand for travel.
Here’s everything you need to know.
Which airlines currently have strikes or cancellations?
More than 150 flights have been cancelled from UK airports on July 7.
British Airways cancelled 124 Heathrow flights, although the airline said affected passengers were given advance notice.
EasyJet cancelled at least 35 flights, with Gatwick the worst affected airport.
Hungarian carrier Wizz Air scrapped at least seven flights due to serve UK airports. The airline said it is trimming capacity by another 5% as part of efforts to avoid flight cancellations and delays.
The carrier is reducing summer flights to the Greek resort of Heraklion from Cardiff Airport as part of a reduction in its overall capacity.
KLM has also announced additional measures to address staff shortages and “operational challenges” at Amsterdam Schiphol airport.
The Dutch carrier said that it would cancel between ten and 20 return flights to European destinations, every day until August 28.
Speaking about the cuts, Oliver Richardson from Unite told The Independent: “When you look at who is performing worst, it correlates with the companies that carried out the most redundancies.
“Ryanair agreed on no redundancies and a different position was taken by British Airways who lost 10,000 staff through redundancies. They got rid of too many people.”
Other airlines have been deemed to be performing well amid the travel trouble, including Jet2 and Tui Airways.
In June 2022, Jet2 only cancelled 11 of its 5,740 scheduled flights, while Tui delivered 99.3% of its 4,000-odd flights.
Elsewhere, Virgin Atlantic also landed all 887 of its scheduled long-haul departures from the UK in the same month.
How can I check is my flight has been cancelled?
The first place to look is to check with your airline as they will have information on the status of a flight.
As well as this, you can check with third-party websites and flight trackers.
Among ones to try are:
