EasyJet flight checker: Chaos mounts for passengers with 50 extra cancellations right this moment

Thousands of easyJet passengers – a lot of them stranded overseas – have woken to the information that their flights have been cancelled.

The Independent has calculated no less than 60 easyJet flights are grounded on Tuesday, including to the a whole bunch cancelled over the financial institution vacation weekend. Ahn estimated 10,000 passengers are affected – together with some who’re nonetheless making an attempt to get dwelling from Mediterranean islands akin to Ibiza, Malta and Sicily.

Ali Haynes, her associate and five-month-old child arrived at Luton airport three hours earlier than departure for Palermo, as easyJet had requested.

She tweeted: “Two hours before, when we’re checked in and through security … text message ‘flight cancelled’.

“We’re now stuck in Luton departures  with no information on what next. Holiday ruined.”

She later advised The Independent: “Apparently there’s nothing until Sunday. We’re so deflated and tired, we’re just going home.”

Ms Haynes and all different grounded easyJet passengers are entitled to be flown to their locations as quickly as potential, on different airways if needed.

Most cancellations are to and from easyJet’s major base, London Gatwick. While some had been suggested a day or two prematurely, many flights had been grounded with as little as one hour’s discover.

It follows a troublesome Monday night, by which flights to and from Belfast City, Ibiza, Isle of Man, Lanzarote and Montpellier had been cancelled at quick discover.

Wizz Air has additionally cancelled a handful of flights from Gatwick airport, to Faro, Palermo and Tenerife.

A authorities spokesperson stated: “The aviation industry is responsible for making sure they have enough staff to meet demand, and we have been clear that they must step up recruitment to make sure disruption is kept to a minimum.

“In addition, using our post-Brexit freedoms, we have changed the law to provide the sector with more flexibility when training new employees, which will help it to fill vacancies more quickly. We have also worked with Border Force to ensure preparations meet passenger demand.”

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