Thousands of holiday-makers are thought to be stuck in Europe after the weekend's flight cancellations.
Airlines are being blamed for taking more bookings than they can manage with lower post-Covid staffing levels.
"Some airlines relied on EU citizens for up to 30% of their workforce, pre-Brexit, so that labour pool no longer being available adds to the challenge that we have here," he said.Hundreds of flights have been cancelled over the past week. While some families never reached their destination or arrived late, others are now finding their return flights are not operating.
Wizz Air also apologised and said passengers would be offered alternative flights, a full refund or 120% in airline credit, which it aimed to process within one week. "We are both teachers so have to get back," says Kelly. So instead they took a bus to Dubrovnik, Croatia, where they waited for more than four hours in the bus station for EasyJet to confirm their accommodation.
Pol, who teaches in a special educational needs school in west London has had a similar experience trying to get home from Bodrum, Turkey.
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