More than one million passengers taking took to the skies from Heathrow in the last 10 days, the busiest consecutive period for departures at the airport since Christmas 2019. Top destinations so far this summer are New York, Los Angeles, and Dubai, as the getaway gets off to a strong start.
This is the first summer Heathrow has been fully operational - with all four terminals welcoming passengers and both runways open - since before the pandemic. An estimated 13 million people are expected to travel in and out of the airport between July and September.
The UK's biggest airport has now hired an additional 1,300 recruits with most of the new employees working in security, which now has the same capacity as summer 2019. Currently, 80 per cent of passengers are estimated to clear security within 20 minutes or less.
