‘We’re £1,000 out of pocket’: readers affected by UK air traffic chaos

As fallout from the tech meltdown continues, we hear from some of those who have been left stranded

Nick, 38, from Hampshire, had flown to the German city of Dusseldorf to spend a four-day holiday with his wife over the bank holiday weekend. But when the couple tried to fly back to the UK on Monday, they joined hundreds of thousands of travellers caught up in multi-day travel chaos as a result of air traffic control failures.

They say they were initially stranded at the airport after their flight was cancelled by British Airways because of the technical meltdown. Airline passengers have been warned that flight disruption could persist for days.