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Heathrow airport risks chaos during the Olympics

London, United Kingdom - 600,000 estimated overseas visitors will cause havoc

The agency responsible for passport control at the Heathrow airport is being forced to reduce its budget by 20% by 2015 as part of the 79 million pound in spending cuts the government is implementing, and now the world's busiest hub risks failing the processing of an estimated 600,000 overseas visitors coming for the Olympic Games. Many official figures state that UK immigration checks now take...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1140112
Rome, Italy, 05/03/2012 16:34
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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