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Every setback 'makes the travel agent all the more important'

Government
27 July 2022

By now, agents should be waving off grateful families on their summer breaks and thinking about high-margin late sales.

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On-time flight performance is still behind pre-Covid levels (Credit: iStock)

For many, things have not worked out this way, with flight cancellations and client concerns about potential bad travel experiences taking up agents’ time instead.

While only a small proportion of flights are being cancelled, pictures and footage of long check-in and security queues are damaging travel’s post-pandemic recovery. Earlier this month, the CAA and Competition and Markets Authority wrote to airlines warning them of their obligations to affected passengers.