LONDON, June 5 — British transport minister Grant Shapps said today the government would work hard with the aviation industry to avoid a repeat of the chaos at airports last week as passengers faced lengthy delays and cancellations of hundreds of flights.
Shapps, who said earlier this week airlines should stop selling tickets for flights they could not staff, said the industry had to sort out the problem. Airlines had hoped for a bumper summer for passengers after two years of Covid-19 travel restrictions.