Use of electronic passport scanners for children under 18 is being trialled as the airport reported the half-term peak period 'has been going very well'.
The vast majority of the travellers - 1.6 million - were from the EU, followed by people from North America - 1.2 million.
Increased passenger numbers and industrial action by Heathrow passport control staff in late December and early January did not cause the kind ofOverall passenger satisfaction is now at or above pre-pandemic levels and last month 98% of passengers waited less than 10 minutes for security, the airport said in its traffic announcement.
Border Force, the unit within the Home Office responsible for frontline border control operations,"successfully managed recent strike action", the announcement added. Further Border Force strike action has been announced by the Public and Commercial Services union . A one-day strike involving 100,000 members will take place on 15 March 15, to coincide with the 2023 budget day.
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