As the summer holiday season ramps up, passengers travelling through airports up and down the country have been beset by luggage issues, from long delays at baggage reclaim, to being asked to drop bags off the day before a flight, to luggage going missing altogether. With tensions already running high as a result of flight delays and cancellations, these problems only compound the stress currently being suffered by holidaymakers.
The problems are likely to get worse with as UK schools break up for their summer holidays at the end of July, and a huge wave of families sets off on trips abroad. In the more immediate term, there’s the threat of strike action by British Airways ground handling staff at Heathrow Airport.
