Heathrow Airport has erupted into chaos as hundreds of flights are cancelled due to high numbers of staff coming down with Covid. British Airways alone has so far cancelled almost 90 flights to and from Heathrow this morning following the shortages, Good Morning Britain has reported.
Travellers have taken to Twitter to express their frustration. Some passengers report being given only 10-minutes notice for a 10-hour flight delay. Over the weekend, EasyJet cancelled more than 200 flights, leaving passengers stranded across a number of airports.
An easyJet spokesperson said yesterday: “As a result of the current high rates of Covid infections across Europe, like all businesses easyJet is experiencing higher than usual levels of employee sickness.
“We have taken action to mitigate this through the rostering of additional standby crew this weekend, however, with the current levels of sickness we have also decided to make some cancellations in advance which were focused on consolidating flights where we have multiple frequencies so customers have more options to rebook their travel, often on the same day.”
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