Bristol has been named the UK’s second-worst airport for security queues. A survey for consumer group Which? indicated that passengers travelling between February and August waited an estimated average of 30 minutes.
The only airport with a longer wait was Leeds Bradford in Yorkshire, which recorded an average of 35 minutes according to the survey. Researchers asked nearly 1,300 people who travelled from a UK airport over that period how long they queued for at security.
In response, Bristol Airport said 82 per cent of all customers travelling through the airport during the busy summer season went through security in less than 20 minutes. A spokesperson said higher than anticipated passenger numbers, paired with staff sickness and recruitment issues, did result in resource shortages at times that led to longer waits.
