Airports clogged with queues as travel rebound strains resources


High volume: Passengers queue to check in at British Airways desks inside the departure hall at the London Heathrow Airport. Almost 4.2 million travellers passed through the airport in March, a more than seven-fold jump from a year earlier. — Bloomberg

NEW YORK: Understaffed airports and airlines from Australia to Europe are struggling to cope with a fresh rush of travellers, with long queues and flight disruptions expected to persist.

Passengers checking in at Sydney Airport last week have waited for hours in queues snaking outside terminals.

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