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UK strike: delayed flights and havoc in airports

London, UK - The biggest strike in the last 30 years

Today's public sector workers are on strike in the United Kingdom comprising the personnel of the Border Control Agency who will not be at the airports across the country. This will most probably lead to delays, cancellations and chaos caused by insufficient number of control staff. More specifically, immigration control officers will be on strike, in fact, they have started the protest yesterday...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1136034
Rome, Italy, 11/30/2011 13:27
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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