Staffing crunch looms large as BC Ferries gears up for busy Easter weekend
Travellers are being warned to book ahead and prepare for possible delays as BC Ferries heads into Easter – one of the busiest long weekends of the year and typically the start of the summer travel season.
The company says it has added extra sailings on the Tsawwassen-Swartz Bay route starting Thursday and its Horseshoe Bay routes on Friday, but an ongoing staffing crunch due to COVID-19 could still cause problems.
“While we are planning a full suite of extra sailings on the weekend, we have seen some occasions, isolated incidents over the past month or so where we have had to cancel service on short notice due to crew illness, and what we are finding right now, with the new variant, we are starting to see an increase in illness again,” BC Ferries spokesperson Deborah Marshall said.
