Half-term travel latest news: Airport chaos continues as easyJet and British Airways cancel flights & More Trending News

A current American Airlines flight took 12 hours to fly between Dallas Fort Worth, Texas to Los Angeles, California – a visit that usually takes simply over three hours (Helen Coffey writes).

The worst half for annoyed passengers was that their supposed vacation spot had been Tokyo.

The 28 May service to the Japanese capital was greater than seven hours into its commonplace path to Narita airport and was flying over the North Pacific Ocean when it was compelled to make a U-turn.

Operators at Bristol airport have warned passengers to not arrive too early for his or her flight as this makes queues longer and provides to delays.

Head of buyer operations Richard Thomasson stated: “The Bristol airport team and business partners are working hard to ensure all customers have a smooth and easy journey through the terminal.

“For early morning flight departures we are seeing customers arriving five hours prior to flight departure, adding to the congestion in the terminal. This is something we have not experienced before.”

Passengers are suggested to verify with their airline for the suitable check-in time.

A person who stated he was caught at Manchester aiport for 11 hours earlier than his flight to Greece was cancelled instructed the BBC individuals have been “in tears” amid the chaotic scenes.

James Sutton, 50, of Warrington, stated he had been as a consequence of take off on Sunday on the 07:55 BST flight to Heraklion in Crete.

He stated: “It was a shambles. It took nearly three hours just to check-in with our bags.

“When we did get on the flight it couldn’t take off as they didn’t know where anyone’s bags were.”

Mr Sutton added: “After a few hours, the pilot decided to take everyone off and the flight was cancelled.

“There were lots of angry people with many in tears.

“The police came at one point as I think staff were worried it was going to boil over.”

Manchester airport has apologised for the overall disruption.

Bristol airport stated passengers queued for one and a half hours at safety gates this morning.

Delays to safety checks have been behind plenty of travel chaos in current months.

Several airports have reported employees shortages as travel picks up from the pandemic nadir.

Some extra footage have come via from Bristol airport, the place passengers have been compelled to queue outdoors the terminal constructing this morning as a consequence of delays [see earlier post].

Consumer recommendation model Which? has posted a information on claiming compensation for flights missed as a consequence of delays.

It says passengers are unlikely to be refunded if the delays are because of the airport fairly than the airline.

British Airways has cancelled 140 short-haul flights to and from its fundamental base, London Heathrow airport on Monday.

The Independent calculates 26 home flights have been grounded, together with 4 round-trips from Heathrow to Edinburgh and two to each Aberdeen and Glasgow. inverness, Manchester, Newcastle and Jersey are additionally affected.

One hundred and fourteen worldwide flights are cancelled, together with 4 round-trips from Heathrow to Amsterdam and vacation flights to Faro, Malaga and Venice.

Helen Coffey and Simon Calder have compiled an inventory of all cancelled flights right here:

Dublin Airport officers have been summoned to an pressing assembly with Irish junior minister Hildegarde Naughton at the moment after “significant queues” yesterday compelled the airport to confess that some passengers may miss their flights.

In an announcement on Sunday, the Department of Transport stated Transport Minister Eamon Ryan and Ms Naughton have “expressed deep unhappiness” over the scenes on the airport over the weekend. Irish prime minster Micheal Martin stated the state of affairs was “not satisfactory”.

As a reminder of what it was like yesterday, see the next video which options scenes not dissimilar to these at Bristol airport this morning [see earlier post].

The chaos continues at Dublin airport at the moment, as snaking queues reportedly began build up within the early hours of this morning (Helen Coffey writes).

A passenger shared video filmed at 3.40am, during which lengthy strains could be seen ready for safety.

“Queues thick with people growing in depth too,” tweeted Dr Barrett, alongside the footage. “Management well aware for months – worse it’s getting.”

They added: “Time through security display has been turned off … sums it up really.”

Manchester Airport has been criticised for pinning the blame for mass flight delays on airlines and baggage handlers.

In a statement, the airport apologised for the disruption but said delays at check-in and baggage reclaim were the responsibility of airlines and ground handling firms, which run their own services.

It added that staff were “in contact with the senior management teams of the relevant airlines and ground handlers” to “understand the cause of these issues”.

Twitter users were not satisfied by the airport’s assertion and voiced their disagreement.

“Another statement that pretty much blames everyone else … They seem in denial. Management overhaul needed,” one wrote.

Manchester airport additionally stated it was working to make safety ready occasions shorter – which one consumer alleged was due to a scarcity of safety employees.

They wrote: “How are the ‘airline companies’ to blame for the ridiculous and dangerous security queues?? This is a shameful statement as a large number of ‘Security’ were laid off at the start of covid as you didn’t want to make up the furlough shortfall!!”

After delays on the airport earlier in Spring, a spokesperson stated it was “under-resourced” and making an attempt to recruit extra employees.