THOUSANDS of flights have been cancelled in recent weeks due to Covid, with fears this could continue into the summer. Along with huge queues at UK airports, nine-hour lines to Dover port and famil…
Airlines such as BA have already had to cancel a number of their summer flightsMany families had to cancel their holidays during the Easter break due to a number of travel disruptions - and summer could be just as bad.
Airlines and airports are suffering from a shortage in staff which isn't helped by a slow process in vetting them - one industry figure told the: “Aviation was one of the hardest-hit sectors during the pandemic, suffered from a lack of targeted support, and is now facing a summer disrupted by the government being slow in vetting staff.”
Lucy Moreton, from the Immigration Services Union, previously said: "Combined with the fact it takes nearly a year to fully train a Border Force officer, we're going into not just this summer but this weekend catastrophically under-staffed, with people beginning to travel again."due to huge queues, which could affects Brits heading to the country during the peak season.
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