November 1st - From an interminable passport queue at Heathrow Terminal 2
Simon Calder returns to Heathrow and hits queue problems. But why is it still happening?
Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast · The Independent
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Show Notes
Today's podcast comes from an interminable passport queue at Heathrow Terminal 2. Only a limited number of planes are allowed to touch down at the UK's busiest airport before 6am, which means they avoid having to fly holding patterns before arrival and the wait for UK Border Control is short. That’s one reason I paid a premium for the pre-6am arrival on Singapore Airlines. But when the carrier decided to wait for transferring passengers before leaving Singapore, the schedule started to unravel.
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