Expect flight chaos in summer as staff shortages have not been fixed, union warns

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Expect flight chaos in summer as staff shortages have not been fixed, union warns
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🔴 Passengers should expect travel disruption this summer as the staffing shortages that caused long queues and flight cancellations last year have not been fixed, a union has warned

“I don’t get any sense that the airlines will not be able to staff the flights that have been timetabled.”with passengers waiting for hours for luggage, standing in 400m-long queues and being stranded by last-minute flight cancellations.

A Heathrow spokesperson said the airport has prepared for summer 2023, suggesting that mass cancellations are unlikely to be repeated. Recent analysis of Civil Aviation Authority data from Forbes Advisor revealed Wizz Air to have the most flight delays. The Hungarian carrier made more than 15,000 flights in and out of the UK during June, July, Aug 22, and two-thirds arrived at least 15 minutes late.

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