{"id":17589,"date":"2022-05-30T13:42:16","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T08:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=17589"},"modified":"2022-05-30T13:42:17","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T08:42:17","slug":"half-term-chaos-as-flights-are-cancelled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2022\/05\/30\/half-term-chaos-as-flights-are-cancelled\/","title":{"rendered":"Half-term chaos as flights are cancelled ?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Half-term chaos as flights are cancelled and passengers line up in the street for the &#8216;zoo&#8217; airport.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the midst of half-term holiday chaos across the country, frustrated holidaymakers were left waiting in a massive line outside Bristol Airport this morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Passengers flying out of Bristol said there were over 1,000 people in a 300-metre long line for departures today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It comes just one day after the airport was dubbed a &#8220;zoo&#8221; due to hours-long delays and massive lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TUI customers had to wait eight hours at Manchester Airport before being notified via text that their vacations had been cancelled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, passengers at Gatwick Airport have complained about flight cancellations and long lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Just got to #bristolairport,&#8221; tweeted Paul Trueman, who posted a photo of the massive line at Bristol Airport. This is the line for the departure gates at 5 a.m. &#8220;That building in the distance is the airport.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;@easyJet, what are you paying for at @BristolAirport?&#8221; another passenger tweeted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Only half of the security lanes are open, and none of them are fast track. It took me two hours to complete. Queues began 300m outside on the road.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, Paul Smith shared another photo of a large crowd waiting at Bristol departures this morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He stated: &#8220;Bristol Airport (#bristolairport) there has already been an hour of waiting outside the longstay carpark. The flight to Belfast will be faster than being at the airport. #nothopefull &#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One vacationer said she waited two hours at the airport today just to check in her family&#8217;s luggage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She continued, saying: &#8220;@BristolAirport is completely over.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Half-term chaos as flights are cancelled and passengers line up in the street for the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[1189],"class_list":["post-17589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs","tag-chaos"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Half-term chaos as flights are 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