'Chaos' at Birmingham Airport as travellers face long queues
Another said they feared missing their flight due to a "lack of management".
Birmingham Airport said it was expecting 15,000 passengers on Monday, but half of those were booked on flights departing around its "busy dawn peak". A number of factors have been blamed, including staff shortages, a lack of Border Force officials and the spike in demand for travel as Covid-19 restrictions were lifted in the UK and further afield.
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