Passengers at Ibiza Airport faced long queues and were seen sleeping on the airport floor this morning as a mix of staff shortages and Easyjet and Ryanair strikes continue to make air travel difficult.
EXCLUSIVE: The incident happened while Rhiannon Hopcroft, from Inverness, was on her way home to Scotland via a connecting flight from the Sussex airport on Tuesday.
Department for Transport and Civil Aviation Authority chiefs last night wrote a joint letter to Heathrow chief executive John Holland-Kaye urging him to share an action plan.
Bosses at the west London airport have reportedly told carriers they should consider reducing the number of seats - in some cases by as much as 25 per cent.