Gatwick baggage update
Gatwick Airport is reporting there has been no repeat of the baggage problems that hit the airport a week ago.
Its Twitter page says it continues to ‘work hard’ with baggage handlers and does not foresee any more issues this weekend throughout this week.
The airport has drafted in an extra 60 staff this weekend to ensure there wasn’t a repeat of last weekend’s trouble.
Baggage-handling company Swissport has also brought in 40 extra employees.
Swissport blamed last week’s delays on staff shortages and too many aircraft arriving in quick succession. It apologised for the disruption.
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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