Gatwick Airport to Cut Summer Flights as Staff Shortages Hit UK Travel Industry

Gatwick Airport to Cut Summer Flights as Staff Shortages Hit UK Travel Industry
British Airways aircraft are parked at the South Terminal at Gatwick Airport, in Crawley, Britain, on Aug. 25, 2021. Peter Nicholls /Reuters
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London’s Gatwick Airport is reducing the number of daily flights during its busy summer period to avoid a repeat of the serious travel chaos earlier this month caused by staff shortages.

Travel disruptions have lasted for months in the UK, but the situation worsened in early June due to the rise in demand sparked by the half-term school holiday and the four-day Platinum Jubilee weekend, with more than 150 flights being cancelled across the UK on the eve of the Jubilee.