9 Aug 2022

Good luck with your luggage: Bag chaos hits travel industry

From Nine To Noon, 9:30 am on 9 August 2022

As the global travel industry ramps back up, it hasn't quite been business as usual.

Airlines and airports have been struggling to cope with demand and a shortage of staff induced by two years of pandemic disruption.

In Germany, Lufthansa's pilots are set to join ground staff in taking strike action, flights to Heathrow have been cut and across the US flight delays have surged to their highest-ever level.

Then there's the photos of the mountains of luggage piling up at airports around the world...So should you really travel with checked-in luggage right now?

Susie is joined by Tim Johnson, a Canadian travel writer who says a simple carry-on is the way to go.

Tim Johnson.

Tim Johnson and the pile of luggage he photographed waiting to be claimed at Toronto's Pearson International Airport. Photo: Tim Johnson