the industry regulator, the civil aviation authority, says it s concerned about the experiences customers are facing, and warned airlines against making last minute cancellations. travellers have been hit by disruption over the past week, and the coming weekend is expected to see some operators return to pre pandemic levels. here s our transport correspondent katy austin. holidays are back. going away is easier again, with uk travel restrictions removed. there s now huge demand for travel in the easter and summer holidays, and airports and airlines that were hit so badly during the pandemic, are trying to scale up again quickly to meet that demand. but many people s pre easter trips had a bumpy start. there were long queues at some airports last weekend, including at manchester, which has had problems for weeks. the biggest area of challenge that we ve had is here in security. after shedding jobs during covid, airport bosses admit they ve struggled to hire again quickly enough.
the civil aviation authority says it s concerned about staff shortages that airlines and airports are facing. many travellers are experiencing long queues at airports, with manchester airport saying the delays could last for up to six weeks. travellers have been badly affected over the past week, but this weekend some operators are expected to return to pre pandemic levels of service. this report from our transport correspondent katy austin contains flasing images. holidays are back going away is easier again, with uk travel restrictions removed. there s now huge demand for travel in the easter and summer holidays, and airports and airlines that were hit so badly during the pandemic are trying to scale up again quickly to meet that demand. but many people s pre easter trips had a bumpy start. there were long queues at some airports last weekend, including at manchester, which has had problems for weeks. the biggest area of challenge that we ve had is here in security. after shedding
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and the problem is, you can tjust get people in overnight and put them in those jobs. what the airport bosses are telling us is there is a rigorous security vetting process, training, and so we could see these delays at airports lasting anything for the next up to two months. some breaking news, the 36 year old has been jailed at the old bailey for life with a minimum term of 36 years for the murder of the primary school teacher. we will have more on that. thousands of lorry drivers have spent the night stuck on the motorway leading to dover as cross channel ferry disruption