After two years of Covid restrictions travellers are coming back to Europe, but airlines and airports that cut jobs during the pandemic are struggling to keep up. Passengers are seeing long lines at check-in counters and security checks, as well as delayed or cancelled flights and lost luggage.
Tens of thousands of pilots, cabin crew, baggage handlers and other airport staff were laid off during the pandemic, and they have not returned ahead of what is turning into a busy summer tourism season underway in Europe.
