TMC members of the Business Travel Association have spent the equivalent of more than 200 days in the past month dealing with the impact of flight cancellations.

The BTA said the UK¡¯s corporate travel sector has been ¡°severely impacted¡± by short-notice cancellations by airlines and long delays for passengers at UK airports in recent weeks, particularly during the week of the Jubilee celebrations.

The disruption to air travel is due to be discussed on Tuesday (14 June) during hearings held by the House of Commons¡¯?Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) committee.

Clive Wratten, CEO of the Business Travel Association, said: ¡°The business travel sector alongside its leisure counterpart has been severely impacted by airline cancellations and airport delays.

¡°Our travel management companies have spent over 223 days in the last month dealing with cancellations and exchanges.

¡°Their efforts have kept the notion of global Britain alive as people have travelled for work and made international deals. We urge the airlines appearing in Parliament today to work closely with our industry to encourage confidence in travel once more.¡±

Speakers at the committee hearing into air travel cancellations and delays will include Airport Operators Association CEO Karen Dee, easyJet chief commercial officer Sophie Dekkers, Lisa Tremble, who is British Airways¡¯ chief corporate affairs and sustainability director, CAA chief executive Richard Moriarty and aviation minister Robert Courts.