Airport chaos
i 'ZPA-Reuter London London’s Heathrow Airport began one of its busiest Week-ends of the year in chaos, t.s a go-slow by an traffic control assistants continued to disrupt flights ■ and delay thousands of passengers. The British Government on Friday lifted a ban on' overnight take-offs in a hid to ease the back-log but on Saturday morning, waiting passengers, including hordeof holidavmakers. still : crowded airport lounges. “It certainly looks as ! though we are in for a very
bad week-end," said a spokesman for British Air ways. which by mid-mornina had already cancelled 22 of the day’s 200 scheduled flights. Passengers, however were being asked to check in at the normal times. Notices in the departure terminals gave a grim warn 1 ing to passengers that they could be in for a long wait. The go-slow which also affected London’s Gatwick Airport, is over a pay de mand bv air traffic assistants, who are refusing to i use a computer which speeds up their work.
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