However, Emirates has fought back and said it will not cancel flights or honour the passenger cap.
Aviation minister, Robert Courts MP, said: “At the end of the day, this is a sector that is privately run, privately owned, privately operated, and it’s for them to get into the sector they need.”
Thousands of flights have already been cancelled ahead of the busy summer period to try to prevent further chaos.
Experts have advised passengers just to bring hand luggage to escape some of the…