All major airports have now reopened and airlines are beginning to cope with the backlog of thousands of stranded passengers.

所有主要机场现已重新开放，航空公司开始处理数千名滞留旅客。

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A herd of stranded passengers.

一群处于困境的旅客。

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There are thousands of stranded passengers, still unable to make their way home.

有几千名滞留乘客，他们仍然无法回家过年。

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He says that during the recent crisis, PIA provided all it could for passengers en route to their destinations, including providing accommodations for passengers stranded in Paris.

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The delay stranded 2,500 passengers and affected thousands more, many on holiday trips.

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Hundreds of thousands of passengers around the world remain stranded for a third day as European flights were slashed Saturday down to one-quarter of their normal number.

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Earlier a spokeswoman from East Coast Trains said it was "very sorry" for what happened to the stranded passengers.

BBC: Major delays on London and Peterborough East Coast line

The firm was subsequently strongly criticised by an independent review which said its contingency plans for helping stranded passengers were "insufficient".

BBC: Passengers rescued after Eurostar breaks down in Kent

British Airways is to make a decision later on whether it will operate flights to bring back stranded passengers from Tunis.

BBC: British tourists back from Tunisia, Foreign Office says