British Airways resumed limited flights from London's Heathrow airport tonight after a wildcat strike drew to an end.
Stranded passengers wait outside Terminal 4 at London's Heathrow Airport last night
The flights, which were set to begin from 8pm, come after two thirds of BA staff who took part in an unofficial strike returned to work earlier.
Some baggage handlers and other employees reported for duty this morning, but more decided to end their action after it was announced that peace talks would be held to try to resolve a row involving a firm which supplies food to the airline.
Tens of thousands of passengers have been stranded because of the dispute, which caused travel chaos in one of the busiest weeks of the year for the airline industry.
The baggage handlers, loaders and other staff returned to work today following an agreement to hold peace talks to resolve a bitter row involving a company which supplies BA with onboard catering.
The first flight were to go to Glasgow followed by others to Paris, Munich, Frankfurt, Edinburgh, Hamburg, Budapest, Newcastle, Beirut, Manchester, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, Lagos, Sydney, Dubai, Malaga, Rio, Kuwait and Tel Aviv.
The BA workers staged the unofficial strike in support of hundreds of employees of Gate Gourmet who were dismissed on Wednesday in a dispute over working practices.
Aer Lingus said its flights to Heathrow had been unaffected but warned passengers with ongoing connections from the airport they may face disruptions.