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Travel agents inundated with calls over summer holiday fears

Travel agents are being inundated with telephone calls from customers worried that their summer holidays will be disrupted as flight chaos continues. Thousands more airline passengers saw their travel plans thrown into disarray on Tuesday as the ...

07 Jun 2022 at 12:33

Disabled woman left on plane for 90 minutes after Gatwick staff failed to show

A woman who is paralysed from the neck down was left stranded on a plane for more than 90 minutes after airport staff failed to arrive. Victoria Brignell, from Shepherd’s Bush, west London, was returning home on Saturday following a holiday in ...

06 Jun 2022 at 14:40

Disability charity urges airlines not to forget disabled passengers amid staffing crisis

A disability charity has urged UK airlines not to forget its disabled passengers amid an ongoing staffing crisis. Airports including Gatwick Airport in West Sussex have seen dozens of flights cancelled in the last fortnight due to staff ...

06 Jun 2022 at 17:12

Gatwick passengers given ‘no help’ after flight cancellations

Passengers at Gatwick Airport were left frustrated when dozens of flights were cancelled on Monday. Departures to Tel Aviv in Israel, Krakow in Poland, Malaga in Spain, and Sicily in Italy were among those affected as the aviation ...

06 Jun 2022 at 15:41

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Mum who felt orphaned when her adoptive mother died is reunited with her birth mum 7,000 miles away in Chile thanks to Facebook

A mum who felt orphaned when her adoptive mother died in 2010 has finally been reunited via video call with her birth mum in Chile more than 7,000 miles away thanks to a Facebook group. When Katherine Samwell-Smith, 45, who first ...

01 Jun 2022 at 08:57

Gatwick to reopen south terminal next month as airlines ramp up schedules

Gatwick Airport has announced it will reopen its south terminal next month, to meet expected strong demand for air travel this summer. The terminal has been dormant since June 15 2020 to reduce costs during the coronavirus ...

11 Feb 2022 at 08:55

High demand for travel during first Christmas getaway in two years

The first Christmas getaway for two years has led to high demand for leisure journeys by road, rail and air. A survey of nearly 2,000 people in Britain for watchdog Transport Focus indicated that 44% plan to travel to ...

23 Dec 2021 at 01:33

Staff absences spark Gatwick cancellations as boss claims ‘business as usual’

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No more capacity curbs as Gatwick back to ‘business as usual’

More than two dozen easyJet flights were cancelled at Gatwick on Tuesday morning, even as the airport said it had returned to “business as usual”. Twenty-six flights – 13 departures and 13 arrivals – had to be ...

23 Aug 2022 at 12:15

What you need to know if you are flying abroad this summer

Travellers making up for time lost during the pandemic have faced a wave of delays and cancellations as they try to head abroad. As a sign of such difficulties, London’s Gatwick Airport is reducing the number ...

17 Jun 2022 at 17:09

Some airport staff could work longer hours if they wanted, minister says

Some staff could work longer hours if they wanted to as a way to help out with current airport chaos, a business minister has said. Airline passengers have been hit by disruption for several months, with the ...

17 Jun 2022 at 13:57

Gatwick returns to profit as air travel bounces back

Gatwick Airport returned to profitability in 2022 amid a bounce-back in air travel as coronavirus rules eased, but said it has “some way to go to reach a full recovery”. The West Sussex airport reported ...

16 Mar 2023 at 10:28

Flights disrupted amid snowfall in south following coldest night of the year

Flights suspended amid snowfall in south following coldest night of the year

Dozens of flights have been disrupted in the south of England amid snowfall across the nation following the coldest night of the year on Tuesday. The Met Office has said temperatures at Kinbrace in the ...

08 Mar 2023 at 14:27

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