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Future looks brighter for travel industry as more people jet off on holidays

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A boom in the number of people looking to jet off to sunnier climes is helping fuel a travel industry revival.Aviation chiefs report footfall is recovering from pandemic levels but have repeated warnings that they expect it to take until 2025 to fully recover.Meanwhile, Barrhead-based holiday bosses say weary residents looking to take advantage of their first covid restriction-free travel opportunity are fuelling a surge in demand for bookings which has exceeded 2019 levels.Don't miss the latest headlines from around Renfrewshire.

Sign up to our newsletters here.Glasgow Airport chiefs say their industry is not yet out of the woods, following travel bans and tough coronavirus restrictions which saw the sector decimated.A spokesman AGS Airports, which runs the Glasgow, Aberdeen and Southampton sites, told the Express: "The wider aviation industry – like many – is experiencing issues post covid. "Most companies in general are experiencing recruitment challenges and covid-related absences.

Easter, while challenging, was thankfully well managed by the airport team and its partners with very little – if any - disruption."Passenger numbers are increasing as we approach the summer months and this is welcome, however, it is important to note that we’re not back to business as usual.

We’re around 60 to 70 per cent of where we were in 2019 prior to the pandemic. A return to pre-pandemic passenger numbers is still likely to be 2025 or later." The airport experienced its busiest spell since before the pandemic recently when Rangers' European league run fuelled a run on passengers departing for the continent ahead of the match.

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