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GROUNDED Gatwick Airport chaos as

flights delayed and cancelled – leaving
Brits stranded
Kara Godfrey
Published: 15:00, 8 Sep 2022 Updated: 17:10, 8 Sep 2022

BRITS are being warned to expect flight chaos at

Gatwick Airport due to the current storms and staff
being off sick.

Desperate families have complained of being stuck at

the airport or having to pay thousands for
replacement flights.
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Gatwick Airport has warned Brits that flights are likely to
cancelled for the rest of the day Credit: Reuters

Gatwick Airport issued a statement: "Air traffic

restrictions caused by poor weather across Southern
England and parts of Europe, and short notice
sickness in our control tower, are likely to cause
delays for much of the day.

"We apologise to passengers impacted by today’s

disruption."

Fuming Brits complained on social media about their

flights being delayed or cancelled.

One wrote: "Unacceptable to cancel flight from

Montpellier to Gatwick today when family are already
at airport with 5-month-old baby without enough
food to last beyond today."

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Another said: "We are having a similar issue flying to

Gatwick from Rhodes.

"Already delayed nearly 2 and half hours, then got

told being diverted to Bournemouth...got on plane,
then got taken off again as Bournemouth had
refused the flight...then it turned out it was due to
weather...."

One dad said his family were stranded at Palma

Airport, adding: "We have managed to get a flight to
Stansted tonight for an additional £1200 then a taxi
from Stansted to Gatwick at a further £160.

"While I appreciate there are problems but to leave

us high and dry is truly awful we have 2 young
children."

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Someone else simply said: "Flight canceled from

Gatwick to Edinburgh and all later flights sold out.
Train it is then."

A Gatwick Airport spokesperson told Sun Online

Travel: "Poor weather across Europe and air traffic
control restrictions are causing delays and
cancellations at Gatwick today.

"This disruption will unfortunately continue for the

rest of the day. The airport would like to apologise to
any passengers who have been impacted by today’s
disruption.”

Last month, Gatwick was forced to cancel 26 flights

to and from the airport due to staff shortages.

Staff sickness has caused a shortage of air traffic

control workers, resulting in 13 arriving flights and 13
departures being cancelled today.

A Gatwick spokesperson said at the time: "At 7am,

restrictions were put on the number of flights that
can arrive into Gatwick due to late notice staff
absence in the airport's control tower."
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current flight cap will end this month, and not be
extended until September.

The flight cap saw flights restricted to 825 in July and

850 in August - instead of the usual 900 - to reduce
the travel chaos affecting holidaymakers.

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But it is bad news for British Airways passengers,

with the airline cancelling 10,000 flights this winter.

This includes more than 600 until the end of

October due to the current Heathrow flight
cap which has reduced daily passengers from
104,000 to 100,000.
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Some passengers say they have been left stranded by the
cancellations Credit: Alamy

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