Salt Lake City’s new airport encounters new kind of turbulence: a severe worker shortage
Food and retail outlets report as many as 50% of their jobs remain unfilled. That means longer waits and fewer options for passengers eager to return to the skies.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Travelers walk through Salt Lake City International Airport in March 2021. The new airport and its restaurants are being hit by staffing shortages.
Leia Larsen is a sixth generation Utahn and a water and land use reporter reporter for The Salt Lake Tribune. She has covered environment, energy and political issues throughout the West. When she’s not chasing the news, Leia can be found exploring the Wasatch Mountains, sleeping in the desert or rooting around her garden.