More than 200 flights in and out of the UK have been cancelled on Tuesday, following Monday’s air traffic control chaos.
Ryanair, Jet2, easyJet and British Airways have all cancelled flights as disruption from the “technical failure” continues.
easyJet has cancelled more than 80 flights with 36 of the affected journeys from Gatwick Airport. Edinburgh, Manchester and Luton are also affected.
A spokesperson for the airline said: “Due to the UK Air Traffic Control systems failure yesterday causing disruption to flights to and from the UK, some flights this morning have been unable to operate due to aircraft being out of base and yesterday’s delays having an impact on crew rest requirements.”
British Airways has cancelled more than 60 flights on Tuesday, with mostly short-haul journeys from London Heathrow affected.
The Independent reports that the airline has ditched its ‘middle seat empty’ policy for Club Europe passengers.
Business class travellers usually have an empty seat next to them under the policy but this has been scrapped to try to fill every plane.
A BA spokesperson told Express.co.uk: “Like other airlines operating in the UK, we are continuing to experience the knock-on effects of yesterday’s NATS Air Traffic Control issue, which includes unavoidable delays and cancellations.
“Customers travelling today on short-haul services can move their flight to a later date free of charge if they wish, subject to availability. We’ve apologised for the huge inconvenience caused, which was outside of our control and thank our customers for their patience as we work hard to get back on track.”
Ryanair has grounded about 40 departures while Jet2 has cancelled over 20 flights, with a full list of affected journeys available here.
This story originally appeared on Express.co.uk
