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British Airways staff at Heathrow accept new pay deal, averting strike

British Airways staff accepted a new pay offer and called off a planned strike at London's Heathrow airport, two unions said on Friday, averting a further escalation in the disruption seen at airports this summer.

Reuters

Heathrow school holidays strike called off as British Airways workers vote to accept pay deal

Strike action during the peak summer holiday has been averted after the pay deal was backed by 75% of workers on Friday, the GMB union said

Evening Standard

Low staff wages blamed for travel chaos and air fares must rise, states airport chief

Across Europe, more than 50 per cent of ground handlers had left the industry, with many snapped up as delivery drivers during the pandemic

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Hugh Grant Brands Priti Patel ‘Worst Home Secretary In British History’

Hugh Grant has slammed Priti Patel as the “worst Home Secretary in British history” in a rant over the “inhumane” conditions greeting tourists at Heathrow passport control.The actor posted a picture of a long line of tourists slowly making their way through border control checks as he jetted into London…

Evening Standard

Heathrow workers suspend three-day strike in boost for Brits heading on holidays

Heathrow workers employed by Aviation Fuel Services have suspended a strike after a new pay offer was tabled, meaning a weekend of travel chaos has potentially been diverted

Daily Mirror

Dining across the divide: ‘He supports a new Heathrow runway – we should invest in trains’

They disagreed on the climate crisis, and one fears the other’s idea of sending troops to Ukraine would start world war three

The Guardian - UK

Airport passenger misery caused by 'unsustainable and inefficient' Border Force, review finds

Three hour queues at Heathrow - the UK's biggest airport - are causing issues in other regions as staff are relocated to deal with the crisis, a review by Australian immigration minister Alexander Downer found

Daily Mirror

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Heathrow Airport passport queues ‘visible manifestation’ of systemic Border Force failures, report finds

Reviewer says government is not properly consulting Border Force on ‘ill-conceived policy initiatives’

The Independent UK

Gatwick Airport hires 400 more staff to deal with travel chaos

"With passenger numbers rapidly returning to 2019 levels, we expect to be busy, particularly at peak times such as weekends and the forthcoming school summer holidays."

Wales Online

Hugh Grant slams Priti Patel over ‘inhumane’ Heathrow passport control

The actor launched a broadside against the Home Secretary over the length of queues at border control

Evening Standard

Hugh Grant slams Priti Patel as he brands Heathrow airport 'a disgrace and inhumane'

Never one to shy away from sharing his political views, Hugh Grant branded Priti Patel 'the worst Home Secretary in British history' on Tuesday, amid travel chaos at Heathrow Airport. The actor also apologised to those arriving in the U.K, as he shared a snap of the long queues for…

Daily Mirror

More Heathrow Airport travel misery with fuel workers planning walkout

More than 70 airlines expected to be hit, including Virgin Atlantic, American Airlines, United, Air France, Emirates, and Singapore Airlines

Wales Online

Travel tips: Nine flight cancellations questions answered by Simon Calder

The Independent’s travel correspondent takes on readers’ most burning holiday queries

The Independent UK

Ice cream and water aisles empty at major supermarkets in London amid heatwave

It comes as the UK experienced its hottest day on record, with provisional temperatures reaching 40.2C at Heathrow.

Evening Standard

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Heatwave: Why is Heathrow so hot? Temperature exceeds 40C in London

Heathrow often records temperatures higher than the rest of the UK.

Daily Mirror

Heathrow faces new three-day strikes which could see hundreds of flights delayed

Refuelling firm AFS has announced three-days of industrial action which begins on Thursday at Britain's busiest airport Heathrow having rejected a pay offer from the airport

Daily Mirror

Emirates backtracks and agrees to Heathrow flight cap until mid-August

Emirates Airlines had come out swinging follow the Heathrow Airport passenger cap announcement, accusing the travel hub of having a "blatant disregard" for its customers

Reuters

UK's Heathrow faces strike this week as refuellers reject revised pay offer - Unite

A strike by refuellers at Britain's busiest airport Heathrow is set to go ahead later this week and cause delays for hundreds of flights after workers rejected a revised pay offer, labour union Unite said on Tuesday.

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Emirates Airline Rejects Heathrow Airport’s Request to Cut Down Flights

The Heathrow Airport (LHR) decision to cut capacity and request for airlines to stop selling tickets for summer flights has angered the Emirates airline company, which described the airport demands as "unreasonable and unacceptable". Emirates said it had rejected the London hub's demands to cut capacity despite being threatened with…

Daily Mirror

Heathrow 'tells airlines to kick passengers off flights' to avoid travel chaos

Bosses at Heathrow want no more than 100,000 departing daily passengers to go through the airport in a bid to alleviate growing problems within its terminals and flight cancellations

The Hindu

Heathrow restrictions hit Virgin’s India-London flight, more could follow

Virgin Atlantic cancelled its Delhi-London flight on Thursday and other carriers could also pull out India-London flights

The Street

Lost Luggage: Delta Flies 1,000 Bags Across Atlantic With no Passengers

Travel insurer InsureMyTrip.com has some tips for passengers who may have had their luggage mishandled.

The Guardian - UK

UK government issues ultimatum to Heathrow CEO over flight disruption

John Holland-Kaye has until midday on Friday to assure ministers the airport has sufficient security workers and to assist disabled passengers

Evening Standard

Airport chaos: Plane with 1,000 bags and no passengers flies from Heathrow to Detroit

Delta Air Lines packed the aircraft with baggage belonging to customers whose flight to the US had been cancelled

Evening Standard

Londoners shouldn’t suffer night flight noise because of Heathrow’s chaos, says MP

Sarah Olney tells Grant Shapps that Ricmond should not suffer due to ‘incompetence’

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