British Airways, the national airline of the United Kingdom, will continue to cancel flights to popular European destinations until the end of June due to a lack of airline staff. Travelers planning to travel outside of the United Kingdom are experiencing uncertainty as a result of this decision by UK authorities.

According to the Chief Executive of the travel consultancy PC Agency, Paul Charles, the slow processing of security passes for airline staff had led to delays in boosting staff numbers. Charles stressed that such an issue would continue, not just with British Airways but with other airlines as well.

“They will continue to have staff shortages because they can’t hire people fast enough, or they are suffering from the slow processing of Government security clearance for security passes.They are throwing money at hiring staff who have security passes from other airlines. They are giving golden handshakes of up to £1,000 to cabin crew, for example, to join them,” Charles pointed out in this regard as reported by Schengen Visa Info.

BA has cancelled more than 1,000 flights over the last three weeks with travellers normally given several days’ notice, and Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has urged airlines to ‘get reliability back into the system again’. Acknowledging that many staff were off work due to the recent rise in Covid-19 cases, Mr Shapps said operators underestimated passenger demand and he has held urgent talks with BA chief Sean Doyle about the situation, according to Daily Mail.

The airline had previously said it would reduce its schedules until May. “It’s crucial that we do all we can to give our customers confidence about their upcoming trips,” Doyle said in a video message to staff. BA has chosen flights with low passenger numbers on routes served by multiple flights a day to minimise disruption and avoid cancelling flights with short notice. Doyle did not say how many flights would be cut. Like many other airlines and airports, BA is suffering from a lack of staff after cutting about 10,000 positions as part of cost cuts to help it through the collapse in business during the worst stages of the pandemic, the Financial Times wrote.

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