Cancellations
Chalfont,
The cancellations may be due to the fall out from the strike. Some shorthaul flights are part of multiple day trips which may have started either in the strike or just after it. I suspect many of the standby crew may have been used at the weekend. Add to that there was technical fault on a domestic at NCL today with a long delay and it is easy for things to get out of place.
There has been a good improvement in the operation but not everything is back to normal. Sorry to hear your friend's plans were disrupted.
CB