EASYJET customers are said to have fainted today at Gatwick amid delays in scorching sun.
As temperatures rose to 29C, travellers rushed to escape the misery at the airport. It is the third busiest in the UK.
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This afternoon saw chaos reign, despite holiday-makers desperately seeking to go abroad.
Passengers of the airline complained about baggage handling and missing air crews, while jets sat for hours on the tarmac.
Ross Harvie, speaking directly to easyJet, said: “Anyone see the Gran Canaria cabin crew?”
“We’re waiting in a BOILING Gatwick Airport.
“People are passing out. Please hurry up.”
Susan Tingle hails from a “fabulous pilot and crew”However, there were significant delays in getting to Austria.
“Spent five hours so far on our plane on the tarmac on our way to Innsbruck,”She spoke.
After an incident, the flight was eventually cancelled. “technical issue”.
One customer who was traveling to Italy joked that he would be happy to assist baggage handlers.
“Still sat on the tarmac waiting for bags to be loaded,”He stated.
“Been there for a while now.
“If you need a hand I’m really happy to load? In fact would welcome the workout.”
As the lines grew, many others asked for help.
One waited four hours and then said that there was nothing. “no information or any kind of explanation”.
Another said, “Please turn on the air-con at gate 53 North Terminal?”
“Been sat here for 40 long minutes and feeling very unwell.”
According to reports, Gatwick staff blamed DHL Supply Chain ground handlers for the drama.
NOT-SO-EASYJET
A customer who was returning to Gatwick North from the UK said “hundreds”A large number of passengers waited in baggage reclaim. “no arriving luggage”.
“Dangerous overcrowding,”He stated.
“The response from Gatwick over the tannoy – it’s all DHL’s fault!”
The airport is one of the most severely affected by travel misery. This started during half-term school and has not stopped.
Bosses have already announced 4,000 flights will be scrapped over the summer.
Daily flights will be restricted to 825 July flights and 850 August flights, compared with 900 daily during the same period last year.
It will ruin the summer plans for an estimated 800,000.
One easyJet passenger stated that travellers were very close to him earlier this week. “mutiny” as they faced a seven-hour delay onboard a flight from Gatwick to Dubrovnik in Croatia.
HOLIDAY NIGHTMARE
Two days later, the airport ran dry of water, meaning that customers could not flush their toilets and restaurants were closed.
SES Water says the problem was caused by a main pipe burst in Crawley (West Sussex).
Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary said that things will get worse for Ryanair during summer vacation.
“This problem is going to continue, particularly at airports like Gatwick and Heathrow, right throughout the summer,” he said.
“It will be worse at weekends and better during the week.”
Many passengers will be affected over the coming weeks, regardless of where they fly.
Heathrow ordered airlines to think about removing holiday-makers from their jets to stop the chaos.
EasyJet spokesperson said that tonight was a good night. “some disruption to its Gatwick flying programme today”.
A number of issues were caused by a “combination of issues”The official stated that the number included “ground handling and airport coaching delays due to airport staff shortages”.
“While this is outside of our control we would like to apologise to customers for any inconvenience experienced,”She spoke.
Sun Online reached out DHL/Gatwick for comment.
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