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Sunday, 05 June 2022

The Guardian

• Minister was warned staff crisis would lead to inevitable travel chaos, says aviation unionCall predicted airlines would fail to cope with huge demand as hostilities between government and industry deepen over appeal for special visas for EU workers

Times Online

• Holidaymakers face another month of chaos as Heathrow cuts passenger numbers by a third [subscription]Thousands of passengers a day are to be prevented from booking flights out of Heathrow until at least next month as Britain’s biggest airport takes drastic action to tackle the overcrowding and cancellations that have brought misery to holidaymakers.

The Mirror

• 'Holidaymakers have been let down by a lack of planning caused by Covid staff cuts'It was Grant Shapps's responsibility as Transport Secretary to make it a condition that the £8billion of that which went to airlines had a jobs guarantee attached