Dublin, Gatwick, Manchester: Who’s to blame for Europe’s airport chaos and what are your rights?

If you’ve got a holiday planned this summer, it’s likely you’re feeling a little nervous.

Winding queues, packed departure halls, and travellers missing flights have become an all too common sight in Europe’s airports. Thousands of people have missed their flight this week alone, unable to get through airports quickly enough due to a lack of staff..

But who’s really to blame for this chaos - the airport, or the airline? Can you avoid it?

As the continent prepares for a bumper summer holiday, here are the airports - and airlines - to avoid.

In short, it depends on who you’re flying with - and where you’re flying from.

The entire industry is facing severe staff shortages, after letting go of so many staff throughout the pandemic, but certain airports and airlines are particularly struggling.

At the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, airports and airlines made roughly 191,000 European aviation workers redundant.

Now, as travel resurges for the first time since 2019, there are not enough staff to man baggage checkpoints, security, and flight crews.

Recruitment drives are lagging, stymied by lengthy security checks and unattractive working conditions.

Air Council International - Europe's trade body for airports - have predicted that delays are inevitable at two-thirds of European airports this summer.

If you’re flying out of one of the following places, the airport - not the airline - is probably responsible for any travel chaos.

Schiphol airport - where thousands of passengers have had their flights cancelled - is suffering from a critical staff shortage

On Friday, national Dutch carrier KLM openly slated Schiphol after lengthy delays forced them to suspend ticket sales from Amsterdam over the weekend.

“KLM is putting a brake on ticket sales