What to do if your easyJet flight has been cancelled

easyJet has cancelled hundreds of flights which has caused chaos for travellers to and from the UK. The airline said it was due to high levels of sickness along employees caused by coronavirus.

The airline has cancelled 22 flights which include trips across the country from Friday, leaving some passengers stranded. A total of 62 flights scheduled for today (Monday) have been pulled, the majority of which were announced at short notice on Saturday.

An easyJet spokesperson said: "As a result of the current high rates of Covid infections across Europe, like all businesses easyJet is experiencing higher than usual levels of employee sickness. We have taken action to mitigate this through the rostering of additional standby crew this weekend, however, with the current levels of sickness we have also decided to make some cancellations in advance which were focused on consolidating flights where we have multiple frequencies so customers have more options to rebook their travel, often on the same day.

"Unfortunately it has been necessary to make some additional cancellations for today and tomorrow. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause to customers on affected flights. We have made 62 pre-emptive cancellations for flights to and from the UK for tomorrow which represents a small proportion of tomorrow’s total flying programme which was planned to be more than 1,645 flights. We cancelled the majority of these yesterday."

easyJet have said affected customers have been contacted and can rebook on alternative flights or receive a voucher or refund. But what are the full options available to passengers who have had their easyJet flight cancelled or delayed?

Firstly, travellers will need to keep up to date with their