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Easter Travel Crush Threatens to Overwhelm Understaffed Airports
- Busy season gets underway in Europe with pent-up demand
- U.K. airports warn of Covid-related absences, other squeezes
Europeans seeking a dose of spring sunshine over the Easter vacation period that starts this weekend should be prepared for a tortuous journey as airport staffing shortages threaten to create long lines in terminals.
The U.K. Airport Operators Association warned on Friday that a tight labor market, coronavirus-related absences and delays in government-mandated background checks for new and returning employees are putting the system under strain and could “mean longer queues at peak travel times.”