Airlines and cross-Channel services brace for busiest weekend since Covid

Air travellers told to allow extra time for queues, while Eurotunnel expects rising traffic and P&O ferries remain suspended

Airlines and cross-Channel services are braced for their busiest weekend since the start of the pandemic, with outbound and returning holidaymakers set to swell numbers at ports that are already struggling to cope with surging demand.

With all areas of the UK now on Easter holidays, passengers have been told to allow extra time to negotiate airport queues, as high rates of Covid infections worsen staff shortages at check-in and security.