Chaos at Sydney Airport as several flights are cancelled and passengers face major delays
- Flights cancelled and delayed on Friday evening
Several domestic flights to and from Sydney Airport have been cancelled as passengers complain of long delays.
On Friday evening all flights were disrupted by bad weather. More than 20 departing flights were cancelled.
Seventeen flights scheduled to land at Sydney Airport from around the country from 6pm onwards were also cancelled.
A passenger flying from Melbourne to Sydney claimed he was stranded on the tarmac at Melbourne Airport for four hours.
‘Madness at Sydney airport. Multiple flights cancelled, airport staff turned us away and the airline gave us no support at all,’ wrote another on X.
Several domestic flights to and from Sydney Airport have been cancelled as passengers complain of long delays
A passenger wrote on social media that many travelers were left standing at the airport
‘There were about a thousand people walking around.’
The passenger shared a photo of dozens of travelers standing outside the airport with their luggage.
Flights operated by Jetstar, Virgin Australia and Qantas were disrupted.
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