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BRITS hoping to get away for the long Bank Holiday weekend face another day of travel chaos as flight cancellations continue.

The UK’s biggest budget airline Easyjet has cancelled at least 36 domestic and European flights on Thursday from London Gatwick.

Budget airline Easyjet has cancelled at least 36 flights today as the long bank holiday weekend get underway
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Budget airline Easyjet has cancelled at least 36 flights today as the long bank holiday weekend get underwayCredit: AFP

Previously, kids have been left in tears as many have been forced to sleep on airport floors and leave their luggage behind.

Flights cancelled by Easyjet on June 2 from Gatwick

  • Agadir
  • Alicante
  • Basel
  • Belfast City
  • Berlin
  • Bologna
  • Budapest
  • Copenhagen
  • Gibraltar
  • Glasgow
  • Krakow
  • Madrid
  • Marseille
  • Milan Malpensa
  • Montpellier
  • Munich
  • Nice
  • Prague

The airline said it is proactively cancelling 240 flights in the 10 days to 6 June, giving passengers some advance notice.

A spokesperson for easyJet said: “EasyJet will operate around 1,700 flights carrying around a quarter of a million customers each day over the bank holiday weekend, with a small proportion cancelled in advance and customers informed last week with options to rebook or receive a refund.

"We are sorry for any inconvenience for affected customers.”

British Airways

British Airways has cancelled more than 100 flights, but these were cancelled in advance as part of their schedule reduction until October.

The flag carrier confirmed that 16,000 flights between March and October would be cancelled to prevent short-notice cancellations.

Domestic flights affected include a number of routes across Scotland, as well as Manchester and Newcastle.

Many Europe destinations have been affected as well.

In the last week, 538 flights leaving the UK have been cancelled, says data firm Cirium.

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A further two million passengers are due to fly on 10,800 flights over the Jubilee Bank Holiday but they face more late cancellations.

The aviation industry estimates more than four millions jobs have been lost since the start of the pandemic.

British Airways previously cancelled flights in advance
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British Airways previously cancelled flights in advanceCredit: Getty

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