Houston airport wait times reach over four hours amid US travel chaos
Travellers across the US are facing unusually long airport lines, with some of the worst delays reported in Houston, where security wait times have stretched beyond four hours amid a partial governme…
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- Travellers across the US are facing unusually long airport lines, with some of the worst delays reported in Houston, where security wait times have stretched beyond four hours amid a partial governme…
- Houston airport wait times reach over four hours amid US travel chaos
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- Houston's airport is operating just one-third to 50% of its TSA checkpoints, said Jim Szczesniak, director of aviation for the Houston Airport System
- "That's 100% spring break loads going through the airport, being processed through less than 50% of our TSA lanes," he noted, referring to the spring break travel season
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Travellers across the US are facing unusually long airport lines, with some of the worst delays reported in Houston, where security wait times have stretched beyond four hours amid a partial governme…
Hundreds of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents continue to miss paychecks and call out of work, leaving large gaps in airports' abilities to screen passengers
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- Travellers across the US are facing unusually long airport lines, with some of the worst delays reported in Houston, where security wait times have stretched beyond four hours amid a partial governme…
- Houston airport wait times reach over four hours amid US travel chaos
- Travellers across the US are facing unusually long airport lines, with some of the worst delays reported in Houston, where security wait times have stretched beyond four hours amid a partial government shutdown
- Hundreds of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents continue to miss paychecks and call out of work, leaving large gaps in airports' abilities to screen passengers
- But nearly 40% of the security staff at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston did not show up for work – the highest such rate in the country, US media report
Why this matters
- Houston's airport is operating just one-third to 50% of its TSA checkpoints, said Jim Szczesniak, director of aviation for the Houston Airport System
- "That's 100% spring break loads going through the airport, being processed through less than 50% of our TSA lanes," he noted, referring to the spring break travel season
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