July 18th - The summer rush begins for the UK's airports
Nick Williams, head of passenger operations at Gatwick Airport speaks with Simon Calder about the summer rush.
Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast · The Independent
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Show Notes
As the summer rush gets fully under way, I'm at London Gatwick talking to Nick Williams, head of passenger operations at the world's busiest single-runway airport. On a really busy day, there are more than 900 take-offs and landings: around 50 in a typical hour, or one every 72 seconds. The wait for security, says Nick, is rarely more than five minutes.
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