New aviation recruits will be permitted to begin training before passing security checks to ease flight disruption in the UK, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced.
Passengers have faced chaos in recent weeks, with flights cancelled and long queues at airports.
British Airways is axing around 100 short-haul flights at Heathrow every day due to staff shortages.
Travellers have reported being forced to wait for several hours to pass through security and passport checks at airports such as Birmingham, Manchester and Heathrow.
Shapps said he will “look for ways to try to assist” the sector but will not “compromise in any way, shape or form with aviation security and safety”.
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