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Airport chaos: European travel runs into pandemic cutbacks

Travellers queue at security at Heathrow Airport in London, Wednesday, June 22, 2022. After two years of pandemic restrictions, travel demand is back with a vengeance but airlines and airports that slashed jobs during the depths of the COVID-19 crisis are struggling to keep up. With the busy summer tourism season underway in Europe, passengers are encountering chaotic scenes at airports, including lengthy delays, canceled flights and headaches over lost luggage. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) FILE - A woman carries her luggage down the stairs at the international airport in Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File) Travellers queue at security at Heathrow Airport in London, Wednesday, June 22, 2022. After two years of pandemic restrictions, travel demand is back with a vengeance but airlines and airports that slashed jobs during the depths of the COVID-19 crisis are struggling to keep up. With the busy summer tourism season underway in Europe, passengers are encountering chaotic scenes at airports, including lengthy delays, canceled flights and headaches over lost luggage. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) FILE - Two passengers wait in the departures hall at Brussels international airport with their luggage during a general strike in Brussels, Monday, June 20, 2022. After two years of pandemic restrictions, travel demand is back with a vengeance but airlines and airports that slashed jobs during the depths of the COVID-19 crisis are struggling to keep up. With the busy summer tourism season underway in Europe, passengers are encountering chaotic scenes at airports, including lengthy delays, canceled flights and headaches over lost luggage. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, File) FILE - Travellers queue at security at Heathrow Airport in London, Wednesday, June 22, 2022. After two years of pandemic restrictions, travel demand is back with a vengeance but airlines and airports that slashed jobs during the depths of the COVID-19 crisis are struggling to keep up. With the busy summer tourism season underway in Europe, passengers are encountering chaotic scenes at airports, including lengthy delays, canceled flights and headaches over lost luggage. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File) FILE - Travelers wait in long lines to check in and board flights at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport, Netherlands, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File) FILE - A woman sleeps on a charging station table in the departures hall at Brussels international airport during a general strike in Brussels, Monday, June 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, File) FILE - Travelers wait in long lines to check in and board flights at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport, Netherlands, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File) FILE - A departures board with cancelled flights in the departures hall at Brussels international airport during a general strike in Brussels, Monday, June 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, File) FILE - An aircraft lands at the international airport in Frankfurt, Germany, before sunrise on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. After two years of pandemic restrictions, travel demand is back with a vengeance but airlines and airports that slashed jobs during the depths of the COVID-19 crisis are struggling to keep up. With the busy summer tourism season underway in Europe, passengers are encountering chaotic scenes at airports, including lengthy delays, canceled flights and headaches over lost luggage. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File) FILE - Travellers queue at security at Heathrow Airport in London, Wednesday, June 22, 2022. People face travelling disruption and long queues at airports amid the industry's ongoing staffing crisis. After two years of pandemic restrictions, travel demand is back with a vengeance but airlines and airports that slashed jobs during the depths of the COVID-19 crisis are struggling to keep up. With the busy summer tourism season underway in Europe, passengers are encountering chaotic scenes at airports, including lengthy delays, canceled flights and headaches over lost luggage. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File) FILE - An employee stands under a departures board with cancelled flights in the departures hall at Brussels international airport during a general strike in Brussels, Monday, June 20, 2022. After two years of pandemic restrictions, travel demand is back with a vengeance but airlines and airports that slashed jobs during the depths of the COVID-19 crisis are struggling to keep up. With the busy summer tourism season underway in Europe, passengers are encountering chaotic scenes at airports, including lengthy delays, canceled flights and headaches over lost luggage. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, File) FILE - Travelers wait in long lines to check in and board flights at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport, Netherlands, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File) FILE - Travelers wait in long lines outside the terminal building to check in and board flights at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport, Netherlands, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. After two years of pandemic restrictions, travel demand is back with a vengeance but airlines and airports that slashed jobs during the depths of the COVID-19 crisis are struggling to keep up. With the busy summer tourism season underway in Europe, passengers are encountering chaotic scenes at airports, including lengthy delays, canceled flights and headaches over lost luggage. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)
Airport chaos: European travel runs into pandemic cutbacks