Travel trouble is expected this bank holiday with more than 20 million leisure trips by car due to be made between Friday and Monday, according to the RAC. The worst travel day is likely to be Friday, as the long weekend coincides with the half-term break for many schools. Transport analytics company Inrix warned journeys on the M25 clockwise between Junction 7 for the M23 and Junction 21 for the M1 are expected to be delayed by more than 90 minutes in the late afternoon on Friday.
Aviation analytics company Cirium said Friday is the busiest day of the year for UK airports since October 2019, with more than 3,150 departing flights. Around 8,486 flights are scheduled to take to the skies between Saturday and Monday. The most popular international destinations for UK departures are Dublin, Amsterdam, Palma, Alicante and Malaga.