Travellers face ‘unusually’ long wait times amid US disruptions

Travellers across the US are facing unusually long lines at airports, with some of the worst delays reported in Houston, where security wait times have stretched beyond four hours amid a partial government shutdown.

Hundreds of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents continue to miss paychecks and call out of work, leaving large gaps in airports’ abilities to screen passengers.

But nearly 40p er cent of the security staff at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston did not show up for work ...