Heathrow says staff levels no “longer sustainable” due to UK quarantine rules

Heathrow has said that employment numbers at the airport are unsustainable due to the UK’s 14-day quarantine rule, with passenger numbers in May 97% down on the same period last year putting an unspecified number of its 7,500 employees’ jobs at risk. “[This] Grim picture is set to continue thanks to the Government’s quarantine policy which requires all arriving passengers to self-isolate for two weeks. In line with this decline, the airport has begun to restructure its frontline roles, having already cut on third of managerial roles,” Heathrow said in a statement this morning. The UK’s largest airport is urging the