British Heathrow Airport canceled flights in large areas, and about 5,000 people were affected

Jimu Journalist Hu Li

Intern Wen Jiaru

According to BBC reports on June 21, London Hidelo Airport caused luggage accumulation due to technical problems, requiring airlines to cancel about 30 aircraft, and about 5,000 people were affected.

Packing luggage (source: BBC)

It is reported that there was a pile of the luggage area of ​​Henhero Airport last weekend, so the airport asked the airline to cancel some flights on the 21st to help solve this problem. Henhero Airport said: "We apologized for passengers' troubles this weekend. We have tried to minimize the number of flight cancellations and minimize the impact of passengers."

According to the British media, if passengers' flights have been canceled recently, passengers have the right to get a full refund or replacement flight.

It is understood that Henhero Airport is not the only airport in Europe to cancel flights. Yijie Airlines announced that it will reduce 7%of the 160,000 flights in the plan from July to September. Last week, Ski Po Airport, located in Amsterdam, Netherlands, announced that it would restrict the number of passengers at summer airports, which means that the original plan will be reduced by 16%.

One of the reasons for the cancellation of large -scale flights recently appearing in the European region in Europe is the shortage of labor. But compared with last year, passengers have a "unprecedented" growth in the demand for flights, and the number of passengers during the same period has reached 7 times the same period last year. John Lenteglen, CEO of Yi Jie Aviation, said that he was sorry for the company's "unable to satisfy the service that the customer expects".

In addition, Brexit exacerbated the phenomenon of labor shortage. Lenteglan said that the company had to refuse to apply from EU citizens due to visa reasons, which led to a decrease in the number of new workers. He said: "We rejected 8,000 applicants from the EU, and they accounted for 40%of the total number of applicants."

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