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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Jonathan Prynn

Airport bosses read the riot act over long delays and axed flights

Passengers queue at Heathrow

(Picture: AFP via Getty Images)

Britain’s embattled aviation bosses were today ordered to sort out chronic staff shortages so passengers can enjoy “hassle-free” travel during the first major holiday getaway since pandemic restrictions were lifted.

Richard Moriarty, chief executive of the Civil Aviation Authority, has written to the heads of airlines and airports urging them “to work closely together to manage the resourcing challenges to ensure that the required capacity levels are achieved, and disruption is kept to a minimum”.

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