Dublin Airport has said there is a “small potential for further disruption” today, following a day of chaos and cancellations. 

Problems with air traffic control led to close to 2,000 flight cancellations in Britain, all of which had a knockon impact on Irish airports. 

Yesterday, 73 flights out of Dublin were impacted and DAA spokesperson Graeme McQueen described it as a “very challenging” day. 

However, he promised today would be “much smoother”. 

“We've had a busy first wave and all the flights got away,” he told The Claire Byrne Show. 

“That's fantastic news for everybody who was stuck yesterday and a lot of re-accommodated passengers getting away, which is good. 

“Ryanair have run a full schedule this morning; they're expecting to run a full schedule for the whole of the day. 

“Aer Lingus did cancel one flight to Malaga, but they have several flights to Malaga today and they've put on a bigger aircraft than one of the other services. 

“So, we're hopeful that everybody's going to get away today.” 

Children watch aircraft from a Terminal One window. Picture by: Alamy.com. 

Due to the disruption yesterday, a lot of people slept overnight at Dublin Airport and Mr McQueen described it as a situation where people simply have to “make do” the best they can. 

“We had extra people in the terminals last night,” he said. 

“We were giving out lots of water, blankets, things like that. 

“We had a couple of our food and beverage units stay open a bit longer to make sure that people could get fed and watered. 

“So not ideal, but people make do in these situations.”

Airports across Britain have warned it could take some time for their schedules to “recover” and Mr McQueen agreed there is the “potential for knock on impacts” in Dublin as well. 

“If you are due to fly, just keep in touch with your airline, keep an eye on your emails,” he suggested. 

“There is a small potential for further disruption, but we are very hopeful that we'll see a full schedule operated today.”

Main image: An Aer Lingus plane on ground at Dublin Airport. Picture by: Alamy.com.