Sydney domestic airport: Reason behind travel chaos as huge queues form

Sydney home airport is in chaos with a whole bunch of pissed off travellers compelled to line up in 150metre-long queues.

Queues stretched out the door on the airport’s Jetstar, Virgin and Rex terminals on Monday morning.  

Sydney Airport tweeted that the queues had been brought on by a major variety of safety workers calling in sick.

Former ABC presenter Barrie Cassidy shared this image of a whole bunch of travellers queuing exterior Sydney Home Airport’s Virgin, Jetstar and Rex terminal on Monday

Sydney Airport stated a number of safety workers had referred to as in sick which was inflicting the main delays 

‘Our safety contractor had important workers sick go away at the moment that means some screening lanes could not open. 

‘Passengers might be introduced ahead in keeping with flight precedence.’

Former ABC presenter Barrie Cassidy shared an image of a whole bunch of travellers lined up in kiss-and-ride zones as they wait within the chilly to get inside. 

‘(The) safety queue at Sydney airport. 150m lengthy and that is simply exterior the terminal’. 

The scenario wasn’t significantly better contained in the terminal. A Sydney Airport spokesperson stated passengers with imminent flights could be introduced right into a precedence queue

Lots of of travellers are seen ready exterior Sydney Airport within the chilly on Monday morning

Many travellers aired their frustrations on social media, sharing photographs of the massive strains snaking across the airport.

‘Been ready an hour exterior simply to get to the safety line,’ one wrote.

‘Lots of people might be lacking flights at the moment I might say,’ The Age reporter Damien Ractliffe tweeted. 

‘Why cannot Australian airways and airports cope? Simply got here again from EU. Peak summer season season, hundreds of thousands of vacationers and skilled no check-in or safety points,’ a 3rd stated.

Many travellers aired their frustrations on social media, sharing photographs of the massive strains snaking across the airport

‘Time to discover ways to handle an airport. Ridiculous the safety nonetheless takes so lengthy,’ one fed up traveller stated. 

It comes after a gunman was arrested after firing three photographs at Canberra Airport on Sunday. 

A 63-year-old man has been charged with firearm offences and was as a consequence of face an ACT Magistrates Courtroom on Monday, the place prosecutors will oppose bail. 

Police will allege the person arrived on the airport at round 1.20pm on Sunday, and that he sat on seats close to the check-in desks earlier than firing 5 bullets at glass panes.

Nobody was injured throughout the incident however the airport was evacuated and remained closed for about three hours.