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The UK will give airlines a waiver from rules requiring them to use airport slots or lose them, allowing them to pull some capacity in a bid to stem the recent travel chaos.
The Department for Transport said it would offer an amnesty on takeoff and landing slot regulations, which mandate airlines use them or forfeit them in the next season, in order for them to “make sensible decisions†about schedules.
Airlines and airports across Europe and particularly the UK have seen hours-long lines
and last-minute cancellations as they struggle to build
up staffing numbers after workforces were slashed at
the height of the coronavirus pandemic.
London’s Gatwick airport said earlier it would would scrap hundreds of flights over the peak summer travel period to deal with staffing issues.