By Peter McLaren-Kennedy • Updated: 24 May 2022 • 11:52
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Tweets and Facebook messages posted online show long queues that snake outside the terminal as people struggle to check in for their flights.
Those waiting to check in say that authorities have blamed staff shortages for the delays.
04.20am queing to get into Bristol Airport terminal #bbc #bristolairport #radiobristol #thesun pic.twitter.com/IpIZF7vKNp — James d'A (@StTropezBoy) May 24, 2022
04.20am queing to get into Bristol Airport terminal #bbc #bristolairport #radiobristol #thesun pic.twitter.com/IpIZF7vKNp
— James d'A (@StTropezBoy) May 24, 2022
Daughter currently at Bristol airport – checkin queue so long it’s outside the building! Staff member says lost 150 employees & can’t recruit as pay & conditions rubbish! @BristolAirport — Sarah Burgess (@SarahABurgess) May 24, 2022
Daughter currently at Bristol airport – checkin queue so long it’s outside the building! Staff member says lost 150 employees & can’t recruit as pay & conditions rubbish! @BristolAirport
— Sarah Burgess (@SarahABurgess) May 24, 2022
Manchester Airport and Tui are a match made in heaven. 6 hour delay followed by a further 2 hours for luggage to start appearing off the plane. Complete joke. Never again! — DiHop (@CapturetheMood) May 24, 2022
Manchester Airport and Tui are a match made in heaven. 6 hour delay followed by a further 2 hours for luggage to start appearing off the plane. Complete joke. Never again!
— DiHop (@CapturetheMood) May 24, 2022
#manchesterairport daughter, neice and nephew all flying out this morning. 3 and a quarter hour queue. And still had to be pulled out of the line, to get the flight. Absolute chaos. Get your act together. Ruining holidays.!!!! — michael hough (@huffy58) May 24, 2022
#manchesterairport daughter, neice and nephew all flying out this morning. 3 and a quarter hour queue. And still had to be pulled out of the line, to get the flight. Absolute chaos. Get your act together. Ruining holidays.!!!!
— michael hough (@huffy58) May 24, 2022
The queues at Manchester Airport are just as grim as I imagined… glad I got here early! — Niki Zohdi (@NikiZohdi) May 24, 2022
The queues at Manchester Airport are just as grim as I imagined… glad I got here early!
— Niki Zohdi (@NikiZohdi) May 24, 2022
Travellers have today again experienced problems with long queues forming as airport authorities bemoan the lack of staff. With traveller numbers and the number of flights growing, airline, airport and border staff shortages have frustrated passengers, who now talk of delays being a normal situation in the UK’s airports.
Whilst many news sites carry evidence of the problems, official pages for the airports make no mention of the delays. They do however all carry adverts for staff, with shortages clearly an issue as chaos resumes at check-in desks.
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