More passenger seats are available on half-term flights out of the UK than before the pandemic

There are more seats available to passengers than there was before the pandemic, new data reveals - (Getty Images)

British families who are looking to jet off this half term may have found that there is more availability on flights than there was before the pandemic.

The aviation industry took a huge hit in 2020 and the years that followed when the Covid-19 pandemic struck the UK and most of the world, causing thousands of flights to be grounded, holidays cancelled and the number of passengers rapidly declining.