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Heathrow boss blames passengers with too much makeup for massive delays

Passengers taking too many liquids on holiday, airlines not hiring enough staff and travellers pretending to be disabled are to blamed for the chaos plaguing Heathrow, the airport’s chief executive claimed on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

Easyjet makes £114m loss following months of airport disruption

Airports such as Heathrow and Gatwick have told airlines to cut flights following scenes of chaos

Birmingham Post

Heathrow warned for nine months about ground-handler staff shortage, claims CEO

John Holland-Kaye says numbers have been 30% down on pre-Covid levels since January

The Independent UK

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Heathrow reports £321m loss after queues and flight cancellations

Passenger numbers return to near pre-Covid levels but airport is hit by staff shortages and increased costs

The Guardian - UK

IMF warns world economy may soon be on the cusp of recession – as it happened

International Monetary Fund cuts global growth forecasts as outlook darkens and inflation climbs, with UK seen as slowest-growing G7 member in 2023

The Guardian - UK

Heathrow's volunteer army steps up to help passengers amid summer holiday rush

Some 750 members of its non-operational staff - known as the Purple People - will be volunteering 10,000 hours and more than 2,200 shifts

Wales Online

Hot and a little bit bothered in the UK

It seems a bit of a paradox to be sitting in Bangkok and reading about how hot it is in London. But this was the case last week when for the first time Britain experienced temperatures exceeding 40C. Heathrow Airport was the first to clock that magic number. Last time…

Bangkok Post

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Queues, cancellations, chaos: what has gone wrong at Heathrow?

As the airport asks airlines to turn passengers away, a blame game is being played out between both sides

The Guardian - UK

Ryanair sends urgent 'get to the airport very early' message to passengers

Low-cost airline wants customers there three hours before take-off due to security delays

Wales Online

Heathrow strike threat lifted as check-in staff agree 13 per cent pay deal

Workers have accepted a new British Airways offer, after 'extensive negotiations' to avoid more chaos for passengers

Wales Online

British Airways workers call off Heathrow strike as airline agrees pay deal

British Airways strikes planned for the summer have been called off after the airline agreed a pay deal for members with the GMB union

Daily Mirror

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

Wales Online

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Evening Standard

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…

Daily Mirror

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

The Guardian - UK

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

Daily Mirror

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

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The Independent UK

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’

Wales Online

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."

Evening Standard

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

Daily Mirror

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…

Wales Online

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

The Independent UK

Travel tips: Nine flight cancellations questions answered by Simon Calder

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

Evening Standard

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.

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