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Passengers wait in line to check in at Terminal 5 of Heathrow Airport, London, as security guard members of the Unite union take strike action in a pay dispute with action likely to disrupt school holiday travel. The guards are beginning ten days of planned continuous strike action across the Heathrow campus ending in the early hours of Easter Monday. Picture date: Friday March 31, 2023.

Are we in for another summer of travel chaos?

As Heathrow security guards announce fresh strike action over pay and conditions, we take a look at the strikes that could affect your summer travel plans.

3 days ago

Friday set to be busiest day at UK airports since before pandemic

An aviation analytics firm has said 11,356 flights are set to leave the UK across the bank holiday weekend.

25 May

Travellers with luggage

Airport gets boost as UK’s largest tour operator launches new service from city

More than 200 new jobs will be created, with positions available across flight deck, cabin crew, engineering, and ground operations.

16 May

Yorkshire seaside resort crowned best staycation resort for Easter getaway

Airport trialling new liquid scanners at security ahead of rule change

'Irish passport could help people get around' as strikes begin

Demand for foreign holidays recovers to pre-Covid levels, survey reveals

Tourism boom as cross-border visitor numbers hit record levels

Jet2 announces more Birmingham flights to Turkey and Cyprus in expansion plan

EMA passenger returns from holiday to find catalytic converter 'stolen'

Brit family left unwell after trip to five-star Mexican hotel

Guernsey visitor numbers back above pre-pandemic levels

Gridlock and delays at Dover as blame game begins between UK and France

Where are the cheapest European summer holiday spots for Brits?

Holiday lets: The villages where one third of houses aren't available to live in