PASSENGERS travelling to Dublin Airport faced chaos last night as a number of flights were cancelled at the last minute.

Aer Lingus punters were furious when six flights were cancelled and others were delayed by over five hours from a number of European destinations.

1 A number of Aer Lingus flights to Dublin Airport were delayed and cancelled yesterday leaving punters fuming Credit: AFP - Getty

Flights from Gatwick, Heathrow, London City Airport, Birmingham, Frankfurt and Munich were cancelled while many customers were left in the dark about the reasons why.

There were also complaints from punters travelling from Rome and Brussels.

Travellers were fuming with the airline service this morning as flights got underway.

One customer, Geraldine Herbert raged: "Finally leaving Frankfurt 10 hours later than expected and still nothing from @aerlingus"



'MADNESS'

Caoimhe Butler added: "Thanks @AerLingus for the worst customer experience. 2.30am in Rome airport, 6 hrs after flight was due to depart waiting for buses to take us to a hotel after hours of no info, flight cancellations & un-cancellations & pilot saying it was unsafe but you wanted us to fly."

Bernard Harris said on Twitter: "@AerLingus .. seriously what is going on? Sitting on tarmac for 3 hours then flight cancelled now queuing in London city airport to get hotel and flight rebooked.

"Horrendous treatment of customers.. flight was meant to leave 6 hours ago. Madness!"

@AerLingus .. seriously what is going on? Sitting on tarmac for 3 hours then flight cancelled now queuing in London city airport to get hotel and flight rebooked. Horrendous treatment of customers.. flight was meant to leave 6 hours ago. Madness! — Bernard Harris (@bernardjharris) June 24, 2019

Aer Lingus flight arrived 2 hours late from Brussels. Delay ,according to staff, due to staff shortages at Dublin airport. On arrival, disgorged onto tarmac with 5 flights of stairs before first escelator. Well done @DublinAirport Third World airport of the Year. — Brian O Mahony (@Brianhemophilia) June 24, 2019

The airline has since broken its radio silence and have apologised for their lack of communication with customers.

A spokesperson said: "Low visibility at Dublin Airport yesterday morning impacted the departure and arrival of flights and caused significant congestion for all operators throughout the day.

"Aer Lingus’ operation was disrupted as a result and our schedule experienced some delays and a small number of flights were cancelled.

"Our teams on the ground sought to rebook affected guests on the next available flights and where required offer hotel accommodation.

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"We sincerely apologise to all affected guests for the inconvenience caused."

"On top of that, the adverse weather caused cancellations which caused knock-on delays."

Aer Lingus are also advising punters whose flights got cancelled to submit their case to Guest Relations to claim compensation under EU261.