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Heathrow turned into makeshift camp site as troubled BA hits fresh turbulence

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 7:14 pm
by CVX
Staff shortages force national flag carrier to cancel 81 flights during holiday peak

It was precisely the squalor British Airways has been striving to avoid. Heathrow airport was scattered yesterday with makeshift beds, discarded blankets and overtired passengers as a chronic staff shortage caused the cancellation of dozens of flights

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/unions/s ... 63,00.html

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Heathrow turned into makeshift camp site as troubled BA hits fresh turbulence

Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 6:37 am
by Bill Sikes
Seems OK now, I was at Heathrow T3 this morning at 7 a.m., no sign of trouble

there - the M25 ("the world's largest car park") was another matter, though!