“Unfortunately it has been necessary to make some additional cancellations for today (Sunday) and tomorrow (Monday). We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause to customers on affected flights.”

The cancellations come after travel chaos hit some of Britain’s biggest airports at the weekend, with passengers at Heathrow and Manchester airports stuck in long queues waiting to check in.

‘Cancellation with less than 10 hours’ notice’

Some easyJet passengers said they were stranded abroad with no explanation or alternatives offered by the airline.

Simon Rudkins, 50, said he was due to return to the UK from a ski trip in the Alps with his family when the airline contacted him with less than 10 hours’ notice saying their flight was cancelled.

He said that his 85-year-old mother, who has dementia, had joined them for the journey back.

“She gets very confused and she doesn’t need stress,” Mr Rudkins said.

The freelance landscape gardener said he has had to call customers who were expecting him on Monday to explain the delay and will lose out on money for the jobs.

“We called easyJet asking for alternatives. We basically got told ‘no, there’s nothing, no flights at all. The best you can do is fly tomorrow’. I probably wouldn’t go near easyJet (again).”