Transport Secretary Grant Shapps warned that travel networks will be “extremely busy” during the bank holiday weekend.
British Airways today (Wednesday) axed at least 53 flights planned for domestic or European routes to or from Heathrow, while easyJet cancelled 23 Gatwick flights. Hundreds of UK flights have been cancelled in recent days.
Easter getaway delays are expected to build up in Kent as another P&O Ferries vessel was detained. This casts major doubts over the firm’s bid to resume sailings between Dover and Calais this week.
Drivers are being warned to expect long queues on the UK’s major roads. The RAC estimates some 21.5 million leisure trips will be made by car between Good Friday and Easter Monday. Compounding the issue, some petrol stations have already run dry due to protests at oil depots by environmental activists.
Rail passengers are also being warned of Easter delays, as Network Rail carries out 530 engineering projects, costing...