Furious holidaymakers continue to face chaos across Britain’s travel hubs today as Heathrow cancelled another 61 flights and passengers at Gatwick suffered a two-hour delay – with ’40 people left waiting’ on a stairwell in 75F (24C) heat.
The UK’s busiest airport has thrown families holiday plans thrown into disarray after Heathrow ordered airlines to cancel 61 flights at the 11th hour because it could not handle the expected number of passengers.
Meanwhile, travellers have complained of ‘no available buses’, ‘two hour delays’ to collect their luggage and ’empty hand sanitisers’ across Gatwick airport as the ongoing aviation staffing crisis continues to cause mayhem.
EasyJet passenger Debbie Shipley was scheduled to depart from Gatwick at 5:55am, however after a ‘two hour delay’ she found herself ‘locked in a stairwell’ alongside several other passengers.
She tweeted: ‘I would like to know if it’s ok to lock 40 people in a stairwell? We’re still here after we were meant to go…
