Even with passenger numbers at only 20 per cent of pre-pandemic levels, airports will struggle to keep queues downHolidaymakers have been told to expect serious disruption at airports after government modelling predicted that they will struggle to cope with even a fifth of pre-pandemic traffic. Warnings of four-hour bottlenecks came as travel industry sources accused the government of using “tactics of differing severity” to dissuade people from travelling. SponsoredMinisters are expected to add only a handful of destinations to the green list of safe countries when the first update of the traffic light system is published today. Portugal is the only big holiday destination among the 12 countries now on the green list, most of which bar arrivals from the UK. Even a modest expansion could make the delays at airports much worse, data circulated in Whitehall suggests.

Source: The Times June 02, 2021 23:03 UTC