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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Mark Sweney

Heathrow ‘ready for Christmas rush’ after making plans to avoid disruption

Passengers queue inside the departures terminal of Terminal 2 at Heathrow Airport in London, Britain, on 27 June 2022.
Passengers faced long queues at Heathrow airport during the summer. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/Reuters

Heathrow airport has said it is prepared for the biggest Christmas getaway in three years and promised that passengers will not have to face a return of the daily cap that was introduced as summer holiday travel descended into chaos.

Europe’s busiest airport, which said last month that on the busiest travel days over the festive period travellers may have to fly outside peak times to manage the festive rush, said it was working on contingency plans for potential strike action over the period.

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