UK Border Agency Strike 30th November 2011

Strike Action from UK Border Agency on 30th November

29th November 2011

The following checklist has been created to provide customers travelling tomorrow (30 November) with advice.

CHECKLIST OF ADVICE

• UK Border Agency (UKBA) staff will be involved in the public sector strike on Wednesday 30 November 2011, which may create long delays at passport control for customers arriving at Heathrow, Gatwick or London City airports.
• Most airlines are planning to operate a normal schedule but will be monitoring the situation closely.
• Advice and information for customers due to travel on November 30, 2011:
• Customers should take any medication in hand luggage. Carry a prescription or letter from a doctor for any medication being carried.
• Customers on departing flights from London Heathrow, London Gatwick or London City are asked to arrive at the airport no earlier than two hours prior to their flight.
• Customers travelling with children will, as always, be able to keep any buggies/pushchairs until they reach the aircraft side, at which point it will be put in the hold and delivered back to customers upon disembarkation.
• For those people who are due to meet someone at the airport, keep checking live arrivals and departures information on airline or airport websites and stay in touch with the person you are collecting.
• All customers arriving into Heathrow, Gatwick or City airports on a British Airways international flight on 30 November, 2011 have the option to move their flight to 29 November or 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7 December, 2011. This includes customers who arrive on international flights and are due to connect on to domestic UK flights.

WEXAS Travel Management Staff will continue to monitor the situation and provide you with advice.