Christmas travel warning as thousands of Brits face flight cancellations and huge airport queues this month
At one point, the airport even ordered airlines to considerend of OctoberThere were similar scenes at Gatwick too, where passengers complained of lengthy queues, missing transport and even beingIt remains to be seen just how badly airports will be affected by the border force walkouts, but one estimate suggests airports could be running only 70 or 80 per cent of their flights.
Border staff aren't the only airport staff members to be staging walkouts this Christmas either, with baggage handlers among a number of workersThe 72-hour strike, starting on December 16, will affect flights operated by ten major airlines from Heathrow terminals 2, 3 and 4. These include Air Canada, American Airlines, Lufthansa, Swiss Air, Air Portugal, Austrian Airlines, Qantas, Egypt Air, Aer Lingus and Finnair.rail strikesFrom Tuesday, December 13, thousands of members of the RWT union working for Network Rail and 14 rail operating companies are set to stage strikes.
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