Chaos took maintain at airports round Australia at the moment, with exceptionally lengthy queues, baggage left behind and flights cancelled on Good Friday Eve.
With a couple of million Aussies anticipated to fly over the Easter lengthy weekend, and airports already fighting a surge in travellers all through the week, passengers had for days been warned to count on lengthy delays.
Nonetheless, some flights didn't take off in any respect, with Jetstar flights from Hobart to Adelaide cancelled this afternoon.
Chaos at Melbourne Airport has led to a flight travelling to Brisbane with out a single piece of baggage on board, in line with an announcement made at Brisbane Airport.
Passengers have been informed their baggage will arrive in Queensland "within the coming days".
Performer Rhonda Burchmore was on that flight, headed to star in Cabaret de Paris on Saturday evening.
She was devastated to find all her stage costumes and props for the present had been misplaced.
At present was the busiest day for journey because the pandemic started, with greater than 88,000 travellers to undergo Melbourne Airport, 82,000 by way of Sydney Airport, 59,000 by way of Brisbane Airport and 25,000 by way of Adelaide.
Lengthy queues started to kind at Adelaide Airport by 5am, with a scarcity of bags handlers stated to be behind the delays.
A pilot sick with COVID-19 resulted in a morning flight cancellation and a wait on the assist desk for travellers.
Adelaide Airport managing director Brenton Cox requested travellers to be conscious of the morning rush.
From Easter Thursday to Easter Monday, Adelaide airport is anticipating greater than 80,000 folks with the potential for as much as 100,000 folks, in line with Mr Cox.
Sydney Airport noticed lengthy traces early within the morning, earlier than congestion eased and passengers went on to clear check-in and safety inside an hour.
Brisbane airport noticed its busiest day in two years, nonetheless safety traces had been managed with solely a 20-minute wait-time for passengers.
A number of flights had been cancelled because of workers being required to isolate.
Chaos ramped up at Melbourne Airport late morning.
Some passengers who arrived from Perth had been compelled to attend greater than an hour to gather their baggage.
Individuals are being informed to brace for delays and to reach on the airport not less than two hours earlier than a home flight and three hours earlier than a global flight.
Melbourne Airport CEO Lyall Stranby has stated COVID-19 resulted in 1000's of extremely expert employees being made redundant.
They're scaling up the workforce, however given the safety-critical nature of the job it's going to take time.
The bulk of the delays have been at check-ins, however folks have additionally been ready as much as an hour for his or her baggage upon arrival in Melbourne.
Viewers laughed throughout most infamous homicide in historical past
READ MORE:Easter weekend climate forecast