People stranded as UK flight disruption ‘set to last days’

Air travel disruption has hit the UK, causing travel chaos which is set to last for several days. 

Despite Monday’s technical issue with air traffic services being fixed within hours, aircraft and crew are now out of place. 

Transport Secretary Mark Harper has warned that the disruption will last for some time. “Lots of flights were cancelled and it is going to take some days to get people back to where they should be,” Harper told the BBC. 

According to figures released by analytics company Cirium, more than a quarter of planned flights in and out of UK airports were cancelled on Monday. 

Some 5% of Tuesday’s flights were cancelled by 09:00 BST. 

Stranded passengers have rights to an alternative flight home, but the number of people affected means this could take days to organise. 

People are being advised to check before they travel today.