after big queues at airports this summer, warnings of more disruption, with a new wave of flight cancellations expected to be announced next week. we are now right in the midst of the peak summer travel season but we re still experiencing the problems of lack of manpower, not only for airlines but across airports, ground handlers and even in some cases border control staff, so the mix of high volumes and lack of people is causing tremendous dislocation at many airports. the government is allowing an amnesty on airport slot rules, which they say is part of their plan to tackle disruption ahead of the summer season. it means airlines are able to cancel flights without being penalised for not using their slot, but they must finalise their schedules by this friday. british airways services from heathrow are likely to bear the brunt of any cancellations. but ba said the relaxed rules would help them provide certainty to customers by making it easier to consolidate some quieter fli
the airlines to sort of slim down their schedules, airports are saying, you know, we re going to have less flights taking off. hopefully, that will mean that people start to see a slightly more positive view rather than the very chaotic scenes we ve seen over the last few days. so what should people watching here in the uk who ve got a fly booked over the next few months be doing? because it s notjust heathrow which is experiencing problems. do you just have to wait until the day and hope for the best? how can you be sure you re going to get away when you plan to? well, what the government is saying is that they want airlines to make these cancellations far further in advance. the scenes we saw at heathrow this week, where the airport had to say to airlines, right, you need to cut 30 flights, we just physically can t actually process this number of people through the airport, that s what they re trying to avoid because that creates chaos people being told at check in at the gate some
after big queues at airports this summer, warnings of more disruption, with a new wave of flight cancellations expected to be announced next week. we are now right in the midst of the peak summer travel season but we re still experiencing the problems of lack of manpower, not only for airlines but across airports, ground handlers and even in some cases border control staff, so the mix of high volumes and lack of people is causing tremendous dislocation at many airports. the government is allowing an amnesty on airport slot rules, which they say is part of their plan to tackle disruption ahead of the summer season. it means airlines are able to cancel flights without being penalised for not using their slot, but they must finalise their schedules by this friday. british airways services from heathrow are likely to bear the brunt of any cancellations. but ba said the relaxed rules would help them provide certainty to customers by making it easier to consolidate some quieter flights.
people have got a bit of notice, they can make other plans, they can change their original sort of plans for holidays or trips, but you need the notice to be able to do that. and hopefully that s what s going to be happening with this. now, the slot amnesty as well, the fact that airlines are now no longer required to operate 70% of their schedules just to retain those slots, and, for somewhere like heathrow, those slots are worth millions and millions of pounds to the airlines. having not having to do that will make a big difference because it will mean that airlines can cancel flights without the fear that they re going to lose that slot, and perhaps another airline who isn t in as bad a position can then jump in, take that slot, and then that will free up other flights to then be available to the public. and the government s suggesting looking at easing night time restrictions, but even allowing the possibility of more flights. are they going to be the people to crew the planes and
north. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: warnings of further disruption for air travellers this summer with more flights set to be cancelled in the coming weeks at heathrow, the uk s busiest airport. hundreds of people have gathered in east london at a vigil dedicated to zara aleena, who was killed as she walked home from a night out. the conservative mp chris pincher, who is under investigation for allegedly groping two men, said he is seeking professional medical support and hopes to return to his duties as an mp as soon as possible. two more britons captured by russian forces in ukraine have have been