Fresh misery for travellers as hundreds more flights cancelled today with air traffic control meltdown leaving passengers trapped on planes for hours and forced to sleep on airport floors – as NATS boss faces pressure to quit

Passengers endured further travel chaos as hundreds more flights in and out of Britain were axed today amid warnings disruption could continue for three weeks.

Up to 250,000 travellers were impacted across airports including Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester and Stansted as airlines dealt with an air traffic control system failure.

Some 1,750 flights to and from UK hubs were axed yesterday after a major issue at the National Air Traffic Services (NATS), which provides control to 15 British airports.

Facing calls from airline bosses to resign, NATS chief executive Martin Rolfe has been summoned to speak to Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander before she addresses MPs

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