Heathrow Airport is the worst in Europe for cancellations, the UK’s transport committee is told as it attempts to tackle Britain’s continuing travel chaos.
Mass redundancies by top airlines, including British Airways, have been blamed for the cancellations and queues at the airports.
On Tuesday, the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee heard evidence about flight cancellations and compensation.
It heard that the worst airline was British Airways, which is cancelling 114 flights a day, followed by easyJet.
“The top airline for cancellations on a daily basis is British Airways,” travel journalist Simon Calder said.
“In some cases they are doing it gentle three weeks before, none of the at the gate last minute cancellations. There are 20,000 seats a day not operating. easyJet cancelled 55 today but the cancellations are much closer to the day. Wizz Air started well but are now having problems.”
He said Ryanair and Jet2 were the best to “guarantee getting there”.
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