Cancellations and other roadblocks have made this summer particularly frustrating for many travelers. To help you understand how we got here and how to get the most out of your trip, two Times travel experts — Niraj Choksi, who handles transportation, and how people Heather Murphy—who reports on how to travel like—answered readers’ questions. After two years of his not being able to travel or feeling safe because of the coronavirus, summer travel is busy again. Airlines and airports are having a hard time recruiting, which means they don’t have enough people for baggage handlers, wheelchair attendants, ramp attendants and even pilots. Early in the pandemic, airlines looking to cut costs forced many employees to leave through acquisitions and early retirement.

Source: New York Times August 07, 2022 11:56 UTC