Disruption caused by surge in post-pandemic holidays could have been avoided, arts minister says
The travel industry should have been better prepared for a surge in post-pandemic holidays, a government minister has said, after scenes of travel chaos in airports ahead of the half-term break.
The arts minister, Stephen Parkinson, a former adviser to Theresa May, said that disruption was causing “a lot of distress” for people who had not been able to get away for several years because of the pandemic.
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