like baggage handling and check in, 950 workers doing the sorts ofjobs, these companies are set to walk out. the union claims that s more than half the work for us and says that companies have failed to make good enough to pay offers. easyjet commitairline enough to pay offers. easyjet commit airline with the biggest presence at gatwick told us it was extremely disappointed by the strike announcement in the airport it said it would support the airlines with contingency plans, such as many fights as possible will run as scheduled. as a european airspace and air traffic control issues have already been causing cancellations this year. so how much disruption will be strikes because if they happen? well, they could cause further delays and potentially cancellations, but airlines haven t announced any yet. it is too soon to know the exact impact. more talks between the union and as grand handling companies are planned early next week to see if they can come to resolution and prevent the act
katy austin is here. strike action at one of the uk s busiest airports, during what s set to be the busiest summer since before covid, will be an unwelcome prospect for thousands of holidaymakers hoping for a smoother time after last year s issues. today, the unite union announced strikes at gatwick airport from? friday, 28th ofjuly to tuesday, 1st of august, then friday, 4th of august to tuesday the 8th. airlines bring in specialist companies to do keyjobs like baggage handling and check in. 950 workers doing those sorts ofjobs at these companies are set to walk out. the union claims that s more than half the workforce. and it says the companies have failed to make good enough pay offers. easyjet, the airline with the biggest presence at gatwick, told us it was extremely disappointed by the strike announcement. and the airport itself said it would support airlines with contingency plans, so as many flights as possible run as scheduled.
for corporate america and later today we are due to get the second quarter results from us carrier delta air lines. when borders were open post covid, there was a surge in demand for what is known as revenge travel. airlines are a major leap in bookings. on the flipside, stopwatches left operational challenges which resulted in flight delays or cancellations. baggage handling issues and overcrowding. our transport editor says revenge travel is in full swing this summer. travel is in full swing this summer- travel is in full swing this summer. , , travel is in full swing this summer. . ,, , , ., summer. passenger numbers are over pre- summer. passenger numbers are over pre- covid summer. passenger numbers are over pre- covid now. summer. passenger numbers are over pre- covid now. millions - over pre covid now. millions of people who are, as you mentioned earlier, engaging in what we call revenge travel. that is the travelling aggressively to make up for all of that lost time. it
including services. if anyone here has told you about the cost of car repairs or going to the dentist, you will see that we still have very high rates of inflation and very important parts of the economy and the fed will wait until it s convinced that we are close enough to 2% that it would stop tightening. it s earnings season once again for corporate america. and later today we re due to get the second quarter results from us carrier delta air lines. when borders re opened post covid, there was a surge in demand for revenge travel. and airlines saw a major leap in bookings. on the flip side staff shortages have led to operational challenges. which resulted in flight delays and or cancellations, baggage handling issues, overcrowded terminals, just to name a few. let s bring in industry watcher pilar wolfsteller. she s the americas air transport editor at flightglobal. passenger numbers are over
industry because it is restricting the pace at which we can recover. restricting the pace at which we can recover. how confident are ou we can recover. how confident are you this we can recover. how confident are you this summer - we can recover. how confident are you this summer will - we can recover. how confident are you this summer will go i we can recover. how confident| are you this summer will go off without hitch, looking across the board in terms of baggage handling, passenger handling, travel through airports, delays and massive disruption that was caused by cancellations? the ace of caused by cancellations? the pace of the caused by cancellations? the pace of the recovery - caused by cancellations? tue: pace of the recovery did surprise some people, we may see a couple of issues when china has reopened much sooner than some people had expected, and the main everybody has learned from that, the area we are concerned about is your traffic control, there is clear evidence