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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Travel
Milo Boyd

Why airlines are cancelling flights - travel chaos for TUI, easyJet and BA explained

Covid cases, staffing issues and pilot shortages are fuelling chaos in airports, with an unprecedented number of flights cancelled this year so far.

Over the past month dozens of stories have emerged of people being bumped from overbooked aircraft or stuck in airports due to last minute cancellations.

While air travel has always been subject to majorly inconvenient disruptions, issues have been increasingly in regularity this year as the industry struggles to deal with demand post-lockdown.

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