The airport has reacted angrily after the Border Force warned passengers arriving in the UK should be prepared for long waits when foreign travel resumes.

Heathrow warns flights may be diverted if excessive queues build up

Just 536,000 people travelled through the west London airport last month, a 92% reduction on the total for April 2019.

Heathrow sees 6.3 million drop passengers in April compared with year ago

The company is now looking forward with hope to May 17, the date that international travel might restart in some form.

Lost quarter pushes Heathrow’s Covid-19 bill to £2.4bn

Embargoed to 0001 Sunday March 14 File photo dated 22/08/20 of passengers in the arrivals hall at Heathrow Airport, London. The UK should be a global leader in reopening international travel due to its "great progress" in tackling the coronavirus pandemic, according to the boss of British Airways.


Civil Aviation Authority director Paul Smith described the plan as “disproportionate and not in the interests of consumers”.

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Just 461,000 people travelled through the west London airport in February. That represents a 92% decline compared with February 2020.

Heathrow passenger numbers fall to lowest level since 1960s

Passengers line up for passport control in the UK Border area of Terminal 2 of Heathrow Airport

Airport executive Emma Gilthorpe called on the Government to provide more resources so that all the border desks could be manned to reduce the waiting time.

Heathrow passengers face border queues 'of up to six hours'

Guests leave the Radisson Blu Edwardian hotel, near Heathrow Airport, London, after completing their 10-day stay at the Government-designated quarantine hotel. Picture date: Friday February 26, 2021.


Many of the guests who stayed at a hotel near Heathrow Airport complained about the conditions, the costs and being kept away from family.

I felt more like a prisoner, says traveller after quarantine hotel stay

The number of people passing through the west London airport tumbled from 80.9 million in 2019 to 22.1 million last year.

Heathrow warns further jobs could go without support after £2bn loss

The airport said the fee is necessary to help pay for services such as baggage systems, lighting and check-in desks.

Heathrow adds £8.90 to air fares due to Covid-19 pandemic

Just 22.1 million people travelled through the west London airport in 2020, down 58.8 million on the previous 12 months.

Heathrow Airport suffers huge drop in passenger numbers in 2020

A generic photograph of a plane flying low over a local housing estate, on it's final approach to land on the Northern runway at Heathrow Airport


The airport’s challenge was opposed by environmental charities Friends of the Earth and Plan B Earth – both of which argued that the appeal should be dismissed.

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Unite said it has “serious concerns” about the safe operation of Heathrow during the industrial action, but the airport said it has contingency plans in place.

Heathrow firefighters and security staff preparing for 24-hour pay strike

Unite has called 24-hour stoppages on Tuesday December 1st and Monday December 14th followed by a two-day strike starting on Thursday December 17th.

Heathrow firefighters and security guards to 'strike over pay cut'

Some 1.25 million people travelled through the west London airport last month, compared with 7.06 million during October 2019.

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