Thousands of holidaymakers face summer travel chaos as Heathrow cancels 30 flights

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Thousands of holidaymakers face summer travel chaos as Heathrow cancels 30 flights
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The cancellations could affect up to 6,400 people due to fly out from Heathrow on Thursday, according to aviation data firm Cirium

Many people complained of being left without their luggage for days on end as a result. Heathrow said the baggage mountain was due to a technical error after images and videos posted on social media showed hundreds of suitcases lined up inside terminals.with labour shortages biting into soaring demand for holidays abroad.

Although dates for a potential walkout are yet to be announced, the GMB and Unite unions have said they will time strikes to coincide with the start of the summer holidays in mid-July.third week of July at the earliest. The dispute centres around a 10 per cent wage cut imposed by British Airways on Heathrow employees during the pandemic, whichBritish Airways is understood to have offered a one-off payment of 10 per cent, but GMB argues this is for a single year rather than a permanent reinstatement of workers’ pre-pandemic salary.

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