Heathrow Set for Busiest Day as 8,000 Athletes Leave London
This article is for subscribers only.
London’s Heathrow airport will operate a special terminal for 8,000 departing Olympians as the busiest day for Games travel brings 22 percent more passengers than usual through Europe’s biggest hub.
About 6,000 athletes will leave the airport tomorrow through a temporary terminal as big as three Olympic swimming pools, operator BAA Ltd. said in a statement on its website. An estimated 116,000 people will depart from Heathrow tomorrow, compared with 95,000 on an average day and a record 123,000 on July 29, 2011, according to the statement.