Airports and airlines are already stretched following thousands of job cuts rolled out when the industry was shuttered during lockdowns.
Heathrow, Gatwick and Birmingham have been impacted and the boss of Manchester Airport resigned after customers were left queuing for hours to get through security. Earlier this week, chief executive Richard Moriarty told the industry it is ‘very important’ they set schedules ‘on a basis that is deliverable given available staff’.
‘Tory ministers need to step-up and act to ease the disruption. The government need to begin clearing the huge backlogs in security checks so airport staff can safely begin work.’ The AA estimates that more than 27.6 million car journeys are planned between Good Friday and Easter Monday.
Been through Dublin Airport this morning at 6am, it's not just UK airports, I can assure you, it was horrendous
Know a few who have been through two main airports in the past couple of days or so and said quite plain sailing both ways didn't appear much different than in the past ? We have yet to do it but always expect the odd slight hiccup.