LONDON's heathrow airport will ramp up hiring 'as fast as possible' after passenger numbers surged last month to the highest since the Covid-19 pandemic began, reports Bloomberg.
The 4.2 million travellers passing through the facility during March represents a more than seven-fold jump from a year earlier, according to a statement Monday.
The hub, once Europe's busiest, is racing to hire 12,000 new workers to meet demand after the UK lifted curbs on travel. It said it expects a summer travel season that could approach 2019 levels at its peak.
The rapid upswing in travel volumes has put pressure on Heathrow and other airports to rapidly gear up operations after two years of stop-and-start business. Britain's airports and airlines have struggled to handle increased volumes in the run-up to the Easter holidays after cutting back on staff during the pandemic.
Fuel shortages and a controversial mass firing at P&O Ferries have added to the congestion. The company's vessels running between Dover and Calais, France, remain idle after a month.
The capacity shortage led to truck backups over the past weekend, while drivers in southeast England have been hit by some pump closures.
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The 4.2 million travellers passing through the facility during March represents a more than seven-fold jump from a year earlier, according to a statement Monday.
The hub, once Europe's busiest, is racing to hire 12,000 new workers to meet demand after the UK lifted curbs on travel. It said it expects a summer travel season that could approach 2019 levels at its peak.
The rapid upswing in travel volumes has put pressure on Heathrow and other airports to rapidly gear up operations after two years of stop-and-start business. Britain's airports and airlines have struggled to handle increased volumes in the run-up to the Easter holidays after cutting back on staff during the pandemic.
Fuel shortages and a controversial mass firing at P&O Ferries have added to the congestion. The company's vessels running between Dover and Calais, France, remain idle after a month.
The capacity shortage led to truck backups over the past weekend, while drivers in southeast England have been hit by some pump closures.
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