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Deep DiveEvery station pair has its own price, the through ticket is a separate product, and ticket sellers are steered to quote the expensive journey unless you ask for the cheaper combination.
A fault in National Air Traffic Services’ flight-plan processing system forced more than 1,000 UK cancellations on Tuesday, stranding passengers at Heathrow, Manchester and Edinburgh while Amsterdam’s Schiphol scrapped a majority of British routes.
Eurostar will add St Pancras platform and border-support staff for autumn departures after passenger complaints about summer queue times at French exit controls, while UK authorities stress EES readiness remains a separate timetable.
A connectivity failure at National Air Traffic Services’ Prestwick centre delayed or canceled dozens of flights Monday, the second major outage in two weeks and a fresh blow to airline confidence after September’s Swanwick software defect.
Gatwick South Terminal is trialling one-tag reusable cup deposits tied to boarding passes for EasyJet quick-turn stands, aiming to cut single-use waste without slowing cabin cleaning between waves.
