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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jack Simpson

Heathrow urges government to scrap £10 fee for transit passengers

A passenger walks through the arrivals area at Terminal 5 at Heathrow airport
The Electronic Travel Authorisation scheme requires travellers to apply to enter the UK before departing and pay a £10 fee. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Heathrow has called on the government to scrap a new £10 charge for overseas travellers using UK airports to connect to other flights, warning that it puts UK airports at a competitive disadvantage compared with other European rivals.

The government introduced the Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) in November for Qatari nationals travelling to the UK from Qatar, with a wider rollout for other countries throughout 2024.

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