Tourists fell into a real panic, who, despite the mass cancellation of flights and overcrowded airports in Europe, still managed to escape on vacation: now the same problem awaits them after their return – flights continue to be canceled en masse, so most can not return from vacation. As a result, many Europeans are forced to miss work, and children are forced to miss school and university exams.
Fashion is once again set by British carriers: EasyJet canceled more than 100 flights last weekend, and British Airways canceled about 16,000 flights between March and October as part of a reduction in its schedule.
Often cancellations catch up with tourists suddenly – the peak dates, ie, on weekends. Tourists planned to return from vacation to work – but they failed. Recall that the problems are not only the British – chaos has covered the continent, read more at the link.
“My 17-year-old son is in danger of missing the GCSE exam after his flights back from Disneyland were canceled,” said one tourist. They had to buy tickets for the Eurostar train, but she says there is no guarantee that they will be able to leave. Another father of four, Joe, complained that his children had missed three days of school because their return flights from Tenerife had been canceled twice.
At the same time, “macroeconomic” issues are added to the problems with the personnel that plunged the airline into chaos – for example, flights in Luton, London was delayed and diverted due to power outages. By the way, Eurostar passengers also found themselves in a difficult situation after power supply problems led to the cancellation of several trains between Paris and London.