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Hundreds of travellers delayed after Jetstar cancels flights out of Sydney

It’s been a nightmare start to the school holidays for hundreds of Jetstar passengers who have faced lengthy delays at Sydney Airport.

Large queues of people were pictured through Sydney Airport on Friday morning before the start of the school holidays after Jetstar cancelled about five flights including two scheduled for 7am and 6.55am to Melbourne and Adelaide.

One man wrote on Instagram that he received no notice of his cancellation and included a photo of a crowded Sydney Airport.

Another woman, planning to fly to Melbourne, said she was “literally stunned”.

Hundreds of Jetstar passengers were left stuck at Sydney Airport on Friday morning. Source: Instagram/ aztooz
Hundreds of Jetstar passengers were left stuck at Sydney Airport on Friday morning. Source: Instagram/ aztooz

“Friday morning at the Sydney airport,” she wrote.

“I wasn’t expecting this!”

Jetstar’s Twitter feed was also hit with complaints.

A woman headed for Perth tweeted she got up at “5am for this b*******” and her rescheduled flight isn’t until 8pm.

Another man tweeted his re-booked flight isn’t for another 11 hours.

A Jetstar spokesman told Yahoo7 five flights were delayed on Friday morning due to a series of “unrelated incidents”. He cited Thursday morning’s fog, which also caused delays out of Sydney, as one of the issues.

“It’s a combination of bad weather in other ports, some crew were unwell and one of our aircraft had a technical issue,” he said.

“We will be putting customers on the next available flights.

“All passengers have been placed on the next available flight and were notified by text message or email. If they didn’t receive these it’s possibly because their details weren’t updated or they booked through a travel agency.”

He added some of the passengers have already departed and all of them will be on their way to their destinations in the next few hours.

Hundreds of passengers stuck at Sydney Airport. Source: Instagram/ brotherhood_of_the_flipper
Hundreds of passengers stuck at Sydney Airport. Source: Instagram/ brotherhood_of_the_flipper