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Friday, 27 May 2022

One of the industries hardest hit by Covid is struggling to keep up with the renewed demand - with airports warning of long waits this half-term

Birmingham's struggling to get its staffing up to full capacity.

147,000 people are booked to fly from there over the Jubilee weekend - 144 times more than the same Bank Holiday in 2020.

Queues at security prompted Gatwick and Manchester to tell passengers to get there three hours early.

Travel expert Simon Calder is at Heathrow Airport, and says there's not much we can do about it.