London's Gatwick airport said on Friday it will limit the number of flights during the summer travel season in light of continuing labor shortages, a move that will force airlines to cancel some flights.

Britain's second-largest airport will cap flights at 825 per day in July and 850 in August in order to avoid chaos and combat same-day cancelations by airlines, a decision it said comes after a rapid upturn in air traffic levels.

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Gatwick usually operates about 900 flights on peak days in August.

Airports around Europe have suffered from labor and logistics issues as passenger travel surged following the end of COVID-19 lockdowns, with British airports in particular facing chaos as a school half-term holiday coincided with the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.

Airlines including Lufthansa and EasyJet have already announced plans to reduce flights this summer.

"It is clear that during the Jubilee week a number of companies operating at the airport struggled in particular, because of staff shortages," Stewart Wingate, Gatwick's chief executive, said in a statement.

Wingate said the decision will allow the airlines and passengers to plan in advance and avoid last-minute cancelations.