With 10,794 flights scheduled to take off and 19 million drivers expected to hit the road over the four-day weekend, travel bosses are advising holidaymakers to avoid congestion by not checking in baggage and driving earlier in the day.
Holidaymakers hoping to fly over the Bank Holiday weekend should only take cabin bags to avoid delays as the chaos continues at UK airports, a travel union boss has said.
Airport bosses have blamed recruitment issues and pent-up demand after COVID travel restrictions for staff shortages, which is resulting in flight cancellations and delays.Some 1,0794 flights are scheduled to take off from UK airports between Thursday and Sunday.Avoid supermarkets and travel before noonTraffic jams are expected around supermarkets and shopping centres as people stock up for the long weekend.
On Wednesday Grant Shapps, the transport secretary, and Robert Courts, the aviation minister, held what the Department for Transport described as aThe bosses of British Airways, easyJet and TUI, all of which have had to cancel flights, were there, as well as Gatwick, Birmingham, Bristol, Luton and Newcastle airports.'Airlines should have recruited more staff'Mr Shapps said industry bosses"must do their bit" to resolve the chaos before Britons go on their summer holidays.
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