Covid lockdown UK: Hundreds queue before 6AM at Heathrow and Gatwick

Hundreds of passengers queued before 6am at Heathrow and Gatwick this morning as airports expect their busiest day of the year, with the easing of global travel restrictions predicted to trigger a stampede as the Government’s traffic light system comes into force today. Britain’s five busiest airports – Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Manchester and Luton – … Read more

Covid lockdown UK: Hundreds queue before 6AM at Heathrow and Gatwick

Hundreds of passengers queued before 6am at Heathrow and Gatwick this morning as airports expect their busiest day of the year, with the easing of global travel restrictions predicted to trigger a stampede as the Government’s traffic light system comes into force today. Britain’s five busiest airports – Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Manchester and Luton – … Read more

Taxi driver is found DEAD in his car at Heathrow as desperate cabbies sleep inside their vehicles

Taxi driver is found DEAD in his car at Heathrow as desperate cabbies sleep inside their vehicles in the hope of picking up a fare at deserted terminal while coronavirus pandemic devastates air travel The man in his 50s was discovered in his sleeping bag on Wednesday afternoon Taxi drivers are facing extra-long wait times … Read more

Taxi driver is found DEAD in his car at Heathrow as desperate cabbies sleep inside their vehicles

Taxi driver is found DEAD in his car at Heathrow as desperate cabbies sleep inside their vehicles in the hope of picking up a fare at deserted terminal while coronavirus pandemic devastates air travel The man in his 50s was discovered in his sleeping bag on Wednesday afternoon Taxi drivers are facing extra-long wait times … Read more

Egyptian doctor, 36, who tried to board flight at Heathrow using forged certificates avoids jail

Egyptian eye doctor, 36, who tried to board flight home at Heathrow with her two children using forged Covid ‘fit to fly’ certificates downloaded from the internet avoids jail Dr. Sohyla Mohamed, of Birmingham, was given bogus documents by a friend  She had a total of three forged certificates to cover herself and her two … Read more

Egyptian doctor, 36, who tried to board flight at Heathrow using forged certificates avoids jail

Egyptian eye doctor, 36, who tried to board flight home at Heathrow with her two children using forged Covid ‘fit to fly’ certificates downloaded from the internet avoids jail Dr. Sohyla Mohamed, of Birmingham, was given bogus documents by a friend  She had a total of three forged certificates to cover herself and her two … Read more

Holidaymakers at Heathrow may face queues of up to TEN hours

Holidaymakers at Heathrow may face queues of up to TEN hours because of farcical row over lack of Perspex screens to protect Border Force staff from the threat of Covid Passengers could be forced to sit on planes on tarmac if immigration is too busy Source says they may be diverted to other UK airports … Read more

Holidaymakers at Heathrow may face queues of up to TEN hours

Holidaymakers at Heathrow may face queues of up to TEN hours because of farcical row over lack of Perspex screens to protect Border Force staff from the threat of Covid Passengers could be forced to sit on planes on tarmac if immigration is too busy Source says they may be diverted to other UK airports … Read more

Heathrow charges passengers extra £8.90 a flight to check-in desks, baggage system and lights going

Heathrow is charging passengers an extra £8.90 a flight to keep its check-in desks, baggage system and lights going after losing £1.5billion in nine months due to Covid. These costs are normally covered by annual fees agreed with airlines, but passenger numbers have plummeted over the last year, culminating in the airport losing its status … Read more

Covid UK: Heathrow refuses to allow extra flights from India as passengers scramble to Britain

Heathrow Airport is refusing requests for extra flights from India before the country is added to the Government’s coronavirus red list at 4am tomorrow due to fears of long border queues. Four airlines asked the west London airport for a total of eight extra flights to arrive at the hub before the Friday deadline so that … Read more