British Airways has cancelled at least 124 short-haul flights at Heathrow on Wednesday. The airline says passengers were given advance notice.
EasyJet has cancelled at least 31 flights at Gatwick, including to destinations such as Bologna, Italy; Barcelona, Spain; Prague, Czech Republic; Krakow, Poland; and Edinburgh.
TUI has already said it will cancel around six flights a day from Manchester Airport alone - with cancellations planned for the whole of June.
Hundreds of flights are being cancelled every week with passengers often unaware until they have queued for hours at the airport. Airlines are blaming 'operational difficulties' down to a sudden increase in demand for flights and holidays and a lack of staff.
Holiday operators and the Government have both been blamed for failing to plan for people to take holidays in half term and during the summer. There are fears the chaos that has seen massive queues at airports across the country could last for months.
