Sydney Airport boss partly blames delays on 'inexperienced' travellers

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Sydney Airport boss partly blames delays on 'inexperienced' travellers
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Travellers are being urged to get to Sydney Airport early and be patient 'as the industry gets back on its feet'. 9News

Sydney Airport CEO Geoff Culbert blamed the delays Thursday on a "perfect storm" of increased air traffic, "inexperienced" travellers thanks to the pandemic, and staffing issues caused by COVID-19 close contact rules.Sydney Airport queues on Thursday, April 7, 2022. Vow Food chief scientific officer James Ryall said the queues snaked out the door.

Some Twitter users said they waited as long as an hour and a half to get to security, in a situation variously described as "chaos" and "absolutely insane".

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