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Sunday, 05 September 2021

BBC News

• Heathrow criticises Border Force for 'unacceptable' queuesThe airport says too few staff were on duty at passport control as families returned from holiday.

The Guardian

• Home Office says delays at Heathrow are unacceptableBorder staff left dealing with backlog of travellers as reports emerge of people fainting in three-hour queuesDelays at Heathrow airport have been described as unacceptable by the Home Office, as reports of passengers fainting in queues of up to three hours.Border staff were left dealing with a huge backlog of travellers, with witnesses saying they had seen people including a pregnant woman passing out while queueing.

The Telegraph

• BA wings it with Gatwick budget airline plan [subscription]BA boss Sean Doyle must win over unions and defy history to restart flights from England's second largest airport

London Evening Standard

• Heathrow hell: Holidaymakers ‘collapsing’ in overcrowded lines as airport apologisesHeathrow and the Home Office apologised for the ‘unacceptable queueing times’

Business Live

• Final Airbus A380 plane will be delivered this autumnAirbus will deliver the last ever A380 superjumbo this autumn. The planemaker, which has UK bases in Broughton in North Wales and Filton in South Gloucestershire, took the decision to phase out the programme in 2019 and the last wing departed Airbus Broughton in February 2020.