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is giving an extra boost to pent-up demand for trans-Atlantic travel. The Biden administration scrapping COVID-19 tests for people entering the U.S. “They’re all creating bottlenecks in the system,” and it also means “when things go wrong, that they’re going drastically wrong,” she said. But airports have staff shortages, and it’s taking a lot longer to process security clearances for newly hired workers, she said. “In the vast majority of cases, people are traveling,” said Julia Lo Bue-Said, CEO of the Advantage Travel Group, which represents about 350 U.K. It’s a similar story in the United States, where airlines canceled thousands of flights over two days last week because of bad weather just as crowds of summer tourists grow. airports, with Heathrow accounting for 28 percent, Cirium said.

A further 376 flights were canceled from U.K. Nearly 2,000 flights from major continental European airports were canceled during one week this month, with Schiphol accounting for nearly 9 percent, according to data from aviation consultancy Cirium. North American airlines wrote to Ireland’s transport chief demanding urgent action to tackle “significant delays” at Dublin’s airport. Discount carrier easyJet is scrapping thousands of summer flights to avoid last-minute cancellations and in response to caps at Gatwick and Schiphol. London’s Gatwick and Heathrow airports are asking airlines to cap their flight numbers. Travelers queue at security at Heathrow Airport in London on Wednesday, June 22. It could be months before Schiphol has enough staff to ease the pressure, Ben Smith, CEO of airline alliance Air France-KLM, said Thursday. Dutch carrier KLM apologized for stranding passengers there this month. Schiphol, the Netherlands’ busiest airport, is trimming flights, saying there are thousands of airline seats per day above the capacity that security staff can handle. With the busy summer tourism season underway in Europe, passengers are encountering chaotic scenes at airports, including lengthy delays, canceled flights and headaches over lost luggage.

People “couldn’t get to the toilet because if you go out of the queue, you lost your spot,” she said.Īfter two years of pandemic restrictions, travel demand has roared back, but airlines and airports that slashed jobs during the depths of the COVID-19 crisis are struggling to keep up. No signage, no one helping, no toilets,” said Morgan, who is from Australia and had tried to save time Monday by checking in online and taking only a carry-on bag. “There’s elderly people in the queues, there’s kids, babies.