The airport blamed the delays on Covid checks required at destination countries and high passenger numbers.
Heathrow blamed the disruption on Covid checks required by destination countries and ‘high passenger volumes’ One passenger reported having sat on a plane for two hours waiting for take-off and said the reason given was staff shortage issues.
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