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If you're catching a flight during school holidays plan for a bumpy ride, airport CEOs say.

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Travellers have been warned to brace for more chaotic airport delays as school holidays kick off in a number of states. It is set to be the busiest period ...

“It’s terrific to see the ongoing demand for air travel. But we won’t sugar-coat the fact that the terminals will be busy during the school holidays, and there will be queues.” “We’ve now got a situation where a lot of the untrained and short-term causal labour that is coming to replace them are also now looking to leave,” he said.

Passengers are being warned to be prepared to “live without” without their luggage if it goes missing as chaotic scenes have erupted at airports once again.

We encourage people to arrive at least 90-minutes prior to domestic flight for a stress-free departure,” Brisbane Airport Corporation head of Public Affairs Stephen Beckett said. “For international departures, we recommend arriving three hours before your flight. “We’ve done a lot of readiness, we have more electricians and trades people on hand. “We are incredibly excited to see the terminals filling up and we have boosted the number of staff during peak times. Passengers at Tullamarine have been warned to arrive one to two hours early for a domestic flight and two to three for international travel. More than 100,000 passengers are expected to move through the airport on Friday, while a day of 102,000 people is expected next week, which is higher than pre-Covid levels.

Holiday excitement has been replaced with tears of frustration at Melbourne Airport as airlines struggle to...

Passengers are advised to get to the airport about two hours early for a domestic flight and three hours ahead of an international flight. Sydney Airport forecast another 2.1 million people through the airport from June 27 to July 17. Melbourne Airport is expecting 2.1 million people to pass through from today to July 14, compared to 1.7 million over the busy Easter period.