Europe summer travel chaos

Strikes and staff shortages are causing airlines to cancel thousands of flights, leading to lengthy passenger queues at major airports

Heathrow: Caps passenger departures at 100,000 per day

Luton: Temporary flight disruptions after heatwave melts section of runway

SAS: Unions reach wage deal, ending 15-day strike that grounded 3,700 flights

Aviation refuellers and British Airways staff call off strike action after accepting pay offers

Norwegian Air: Agrees 3.7% pay rise plus benefits for pilots

Schiphol: Agrees to pay 15,000 cleaners, baggage handlers and security staff €5.25 extra per hour during summer

Charles de Gaulle and Orly: 4,000 vacancies in security, maintenance and travel retail

Easyjet: Spain- based cabin crew planning nine days of strikes unless they receive 40% pay increase

Ryanair: Five-year agreement with pilots in France and Spain sees return to pre-Covid salaries

KLM: Collective agreement sees pay rise of up to 4% for ground crew

Lufthansa: Ground crew demanding extra €350 per month to mitigate effects of soaring inflation

Frankfurt: Nearly 1,000 ground services employees rehired after 4,000 job cuts during pandemic

French airports: Unions agree pay rises of up to 6% for ground crew

Reduced schedule

Labour unrest

Hiring spree

Source: Reuters