Travellers, beware.
There are two strikes happening in late April and early May Strikes are kicking off at Heathrow Airport today, threatening travel during the Early May Bank Holiday. Planes could be grounded and flights delayed or cancelled at the busiest airport in London. Two separate rounds of industrial action were planned for the end of this month and the beginning of May. In 2023, Heathrow handled almost 80 million passengers, also making it one of the busiest in the world.
’ Bank holiday travel plans could be at risk ‘There are no job losses as a result of these changes, and we continue to discuss with Unite the implementation of these changes for the small number of colleagues impacted,’ a spokesperson for Heathrow previously told Reuters. ‘To confirm, we have robust contingency plans in place for each of these individual areas and anticipate no impact on passenger journey.
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