Now is the summer of our discontent – at least when it comes to travel

Strikes, cancellations and lengthy queues... we’ll give you all the information you need to navigate the holiday chaos

The summer months are traditionally the most hectic time of the year to get away: children have broken up from school, families are escaping to Europe, companies wind down for silly season.

This is the busiest summer ever (ever!) for UK airports. More than 8,000 flights a day will take off from airports across the country, carrying hundreds of thousands of passengers to destinations all over the world. The busiest day ever (ever!) for UK aviation – which saw 8,863 flights take off – was at the end of May. And after a big proportion of schools broke up for summer this week, the coming weekend is going to be a particularly busy one as families zoom off abroad.