Air passengers advised to travel with just one bag
UK holidaymakers have faced disruption this week including delays checking-in luggage
"It is one less thing to worry about. If people can check in online and do not take bags, that limits the disruption," Andy Prendergast, national secretary of the GMB,Meanwhile Paul Charles, chief executive of travel consultancy PC Agency, said: "The smaller the bag, the less time you spend in security queues. That would reduce the queues during the busiest weekend of the year so far.
More than 30,000 members of staff were laid off from UK airlines alone. The industry says it is now working to refill the vacancies. The BBC understands that at the meeting, airlines and airports asked Mr Shapps to add industry workers to the government'sDavid Evans, group joint chief executive of Collinson Group, which operates airport lounges across the UK, said Mr Shapps should reconsider.
But plans to quickly rehire those workers have been hit by strict background checks carried out on aviation workers.
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