Northern Ireland’s tourism bosses, meanwhile, have warned of the impact of plans for international tourists to have to apply for a permit to cross the Irish border.
Elsewhere, prime minister Boris Johnson is seeking to delay an investigation into to whether he lied to parliament over the “partygate” affair, while P&O Ferries has sacked a group of agency workers for drinking alcohol while on duty.
Here are the headlines the travel industry woke up to on Thursday (21 April).
More than 15,000 holidaymakers stranded as airport chaos rumbles on
