Australian airports are experiencing their busiest day in two years as thousands of people fly out for the Easter long weekend, amid chronic staff shortages. 7NEWS
“I know it’s a difficult message to hear, but Thursday is going to be another tough day for travellers, and I want to apologise in advance to anyone who is inconvenienced,” Sydney Airport CEO Geoff Culbert said.Credit:Nearly a million travellers are expected to pass through Sydney Airport, which is Australia’s biggest domestic and international travel hub, over the long weekend.
“That’s the underlying reason that we’re seeing the staff shortages that are leading to this kind of day, with catastrophic scenes at our airport ,” he told the ABC on Thursday. It was hard to attract workers back into the aviation industry because of “a degradation of terms and conditions ... so there really is a problem”, he added.Sydney Airport has been buckling under the strain all week due to staff shortages and absences due to COVID-19 infections, resulting in enormous check-in queues.Other airports are expected to be under increasing strain over the school holiday period with back-to-back long weekends for Easter and Anzac Day.
While large queues hadn’t yet formed at other airports on Thursday morning, earlier this week, Perth Airport’s Chief Operating Officer Scott Woodward had flagged the Easter period would be an exciting but challenging time for the airport.
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