Will holidaymakers be the losers in the Battle of Heathrow? Travel firms’ fury as airport plans to hike fees for hotels, parking and planes But it blasts back – saying it needs an extra £2.8 billion and can’t afford the bill By Harriet Dennys, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:51 GMT, 27 February 2021 | … Read more
Heathrow nosedived to a £2 billion annual loss after the ‘toughest’ year in the airport’s 75-year history as the pandemic saw passenger numbers crash by 73%. The airport’s annual financial results, which were released this morning, lay bare the devastating impact the Covid crisis has had on the aviation industry. The number of people passing … Read more
All smiles at the quarantine inn! Captives wave and pose for photos in bath towels, colourful leggings and waving football shirts on day five of compulsory ten-day isolation spell Arrivals currently staying at the Radisson Blue Edwardian Hotel, near Heathrow Travellers from ‘red list’ countries spotted at windows appeared in good spirits It comes amid … Read more
A British father-of-one tried to break out of a quarantine hotel near London Heathrow Airport this morning and has gone on hunger strike after claiming he is being held there ‘under duress’, MailOnline can reveal. Anthony Pium, 30, from Leyton, East London, was involved in an angry confrontation with security guards as he tried to … Read more
The Border Force chief who was last night accused of causing huge delays at Heathrow Airport by splitting the workforce into ‘rigid and inflexible’ bubbles has landed a senior role with NHS Test and Trace. It is understood that Chief Operating Officer Emma Moore instructed Border Force agents to work in 12-person bubbles at the West … Read more
A Brazilian couple among the first passengers arriving in Britain forced to spend ten days in a hotel quarantine today revealed they must stay in their room without even being allowed out for exercise or a cigarette. Wagner Araujo, 43, a removal man, who has lived in London for 20 years, arrived at Heathrow Airport … Read more
Nearly half of all Border Force staff stationed at Heathrow were off sick last week as a trade union accused the Home Office of causing mayhem by imposing ‘rigid and inflexible’ work bubbles, MailOnline can reveal. Thousands of passengers who tried to beat the Government’s hotel quarantine regime which has come into force today experienced … Read more
A mother who landed at Heathrow with her two children today before being escorted by officials to a Radisson Blu said it ‘looks lovely’ and she’s ‘quite looking forward’ to 10 days in isolation Fatima, who arrived from Dubai with her two children, told MailOnline: ‘We knew that we would have to quarantine and don’t have … Read more
The first passengers were dropped off at hotels this morning at the start of the government’s new travel quarantine scheme – as a hospitality boss vowed to make their ten-day, £1,750 stay more ‘homely’ with ‘branded shampoo, puzzles and crockery’. Travellers were seen being dropped off at the four-star Radisson Blu Edwardian near Heathrow after arriving from … Read more
Heathrow chiefs warn of quarantine chaos as ‘significant gaps’ remain just hours before travellers are set to be locked in hotels The majority of those required to quarantine will arrive at Heathrow Airport But border staff say they are unaware of exactly what rules they will be enforcing Heathrow bosses say that gaps remain about how … Read more