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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Lucy Thackray

Birmingham airport: Passenger advises fellow travellers to arrive five hours early in response to ‘1km’ queues

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Birmingham Airport saw enormous queues and long waits yesterday, with one traveller estimating a “one kilometre” queue at its peak, while another advised fellow passengers to arrive “at least” five hours before their flight.

Queues around 5am-8am stretched outside the terminal, with social media users posting videos and photos of snaking lines of holidaymakers waiting in the drop-off area.

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