Heathrow to hire 12,000 staff for summer travel boom

Airport says aviation industry's recovery being overshadowed by war and Covid'

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Heathrow is to hire 12,000 staff to handle an expected summer holiday boom, the UK's busiest airport has said as it warned the recovery in the aviation industry is being overshadowed by war and Covid".

Passenger numbers at the London hub were almost half pre-pandemic levels last month - and 15% below Heathrow's own forecast - at only 2.8 million passengers.