Still wish you were ‘flying’ off to somewhere exotic..?

A MILLION holidaymakers face having their flights cancelled this summer - with another five million to be hit by hours of delays at airports.

- Jon Coates

Experts fear the school holidays from July 22 will bring even worse queues than those seen during the recent half-term break that included the Queen's Platinum Jubilee long weekend.

And they have warned the disruption for travellers at airports could also affect Christmas and skiing trips - with thousands of staff, air crew and baggage handler jobs set to remain unfilled until next year amid the recruitment crisis.

The chaos has prompted some people to give up on summer trips abroad, with internet searches for "cancel my flight" almost trebling in recent weeks, Google data analytics show.

It means many people are looking at another "staycation" summer, with bookings at some resorts such as Weymouth in Dorset, where tourists were enjoying a sunny day at the seaside yesterday - spiking since the travel chaos began.

British Airways has already scrapped 8,000 flights over the summer season up to October.