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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Jack Simpson

Heathrow expects summer holiday season to be ‘busiest on record’

Passengers look at the departures board at Heathrow airport in London
Heathrow has said it has ‘robust’ plans in place to keep the airport ‘running smoothly’, even if the staff strikes of last year are repeated. Photograph: Alberto Pezzali/AP

Heathrow is expecting its busiest ever summer holiday season but faces uncertainty over its long-term future as the proposed £6bn sale of the UK’s biggest airport remains in doubt.

The airport said on Wednesday that the summer getaway this year was expected to be “the busiest on record” and promised to have “robust” plans in place to keep the airport “running smoothly”, even if staff strikes held last year are repeated.

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