‘Resilient to challenges’

months, particularly during Easter and last month’s halfterm school holiday.

The disruption has been blamed on aviation firms struggling to recruit enough staff to cope with demand for travel after thousands of jobs were cut during the pandemic.

A joint letter from the CAA and Department for Transport said schedules should be ‘resilient for unplanned and inevitable operational challenges’. Air industry representatives told the Commons’ Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee that staff shortages may not be fixed by the summer.