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Diabierna 12 augustus 2022

Heathrow airport says passenger cap has eased travel chaos

(AP) — Heathrow Airport 20 minutes.
in London said Thursday “Passengers are seeing bet-
that its limit on the num- ter, more reliable journeys
ber of passengers is easing since the introduction of the
a travel crunch that has demand cap,” airport CEO
led to flight cancellations John Holland-Kaye said.
and lost luggage as soaring “This has only been possible
demand for summer trips because of the collective and
runs up against pandem- determined efforts of air-
ic-era staffing shortages. port, airline and wider Team
Heathrow teams.”
Britain’s busiest airport has
capped the daily number Soaring numbers of travel-
of departing passengers at ers after two years of CO-
100,000 until Sept. 11 and VID-19 travel restrictions
asked airlines to stop selling have overwhelmed airports
tickets and cut flights, stirring and airlines, which had laid
criticism. The cap has cut off thousands of employees and has imposed a passenger other London airports, ac- airline ground crews that ser-
down on last-minute flight during the depths of the pan- cap. cused Heathrow of “mis- vice planes is key to easing
cancellations and improved demic. management” in an interview the passenger cap and that it
baggage delivery and on-time In London, Heathrow’s pas- with the BBC published has launched a review with
planes, Heathrow said in a Heathrow has been the fre- senger limits led British Air- Thursday. Michael O’Leary that goal.
statement. quent scene of chaos this ways to temporarily suspend said he had he had “very little
summer, with long lines for short-haul flight sales to des- sympathy” for airports be- It added that more than 6
The airport said it has hired security and technical glitch- tinations within the United cause they knew the sched- million passengers trav-
1,300 people and that the es with the baggage system Kingdom and Europe earlier ules months ahead of time eled through Heathrow last
number of security screeners that resulted in huge piles of this month. and security staffers don’t month and 16 million are
is at pre-pandemic levels, al- lost and unclaimed luggage. need as much training as pi- expected between July and
lowing 88% of travelers to get Amsterdam’s Schiphol Air- The CEO of Ryanair, a bud- lots. September.
through checkpoints within port also has been hard hit get carrier that flies out of Heathrow said building up

Western nations pledge more military support for Ukraine

efforts in Ukraine “by train- Britain on Thursday an- would bring Denmark’s total
ing trainers,” its foreign min- nounced that it will send contribution to more than
ister said. more multiple launch rocket 3 billion kroner ($413 mil-
systems and guided missiles lion). Danish Prime Minister
In a live feed, Ukrainian Pres- to Ukraine to help it resist Mette Frederiksen called it “a
ident Volodymyr Zelenskyy Russia’s invasion. The new huge donation.”
called on Western nations to weapons, whose number
provide more money, saying wasn’t specified, come on top Part of the money will pay
“the sooner we stop Russia, of several rocket-launch sys- for 130 Danish troops to help
the sooner we can feel safe.” tems it gave Ukraine earlier train Ukrainian forces in
“We need armaments, mu- this year. Ukrainian troops Britain.
(AP) — Western countries ambition (of the West los- nitions for our defense,” he have been trained in Britain Norwegian Defense Minister
agreed Thursday to con- ing its willingness to support said. to use them. Bjørn Arild Gram said there
tinue long-term funding Ukraine) has failed.” was still unwavering Western
to help Ukraine’s military “We are still determined,” Ukrainian Defense Minister “Our continued support support for Ukraine.
keep fighting nearly 5½ Wallace said. Oleksii Reznikov, who at- sends a very clear message,
months after Russia in- tended the conference, de- Britain and the international “It is decisive for Ukraine
vaded its neighbor, saying The 1.5 billion euros includ- clined to give details on what community remain opposed to be able to defend itself
1.5 billion euros ($1.5 bil- ed donations by the U.K., weapons his country will get. to this illegal war and will against the Russian attack,”
lion) has been pledged so Denmark and Norway but stand shoulder-to-shoulder, Arild Gram said.
far and more is coming. “it will grow,” Bødskov said, The conference, co-hosted providing defensive military The Kyiv School of Econom-
adding “some of the coun- by Denmark, Britain and aid to Ukraine to help them ics released a report Wednes-
The money is for enhanc- tries need to go back home Ukraine, followed an April defend against Putin’s inva- day assessing the cost of war
ing armaments production, and get the support of their meeting at a U.S. air base in sion,” Wallace, the defense damage to Ukraine’s infra-
including artillery and am- parliaments.” Germany that established the chief, said. structure at more than $110
munition; developing and Bødskov said that “money U.S.-led Ukraine Defense billion. The report said 304
strengthening the training of alone will not do the trick, Contact Group, which coor- Before the conference, Den- bridges and more than 900
Ukrainian soldiers and assist- as you say, we need increased dinates international military mark said it would give health care facilities were ei-
ing Ukraine’s efforts to de- productions.” support for Ukraine. Ukraine an extra 820 million ther destroyed or damaged.
mine areas. kroner ($113 million), which
He thanksed Poland, Slova-
“All the countries that came kia and the Czech Republic
to Copenhagen came with for signaling a “willingness
the intention of supporting to expand production of ar-
Ukraine,” Danish Defense tillery systems, ammunitions
Minister Morten Bødskov and other equipment.”
said at the end of the one-day
meeting of 26 nations and the At the conference, Nor-
European Union. way said it would help train
British Defense Secretary Ukrainian troops in Britain.
Ben Wallace said the meet- Sweden and Finland earlier
ing proved that Russian said they would do the same.
President Vladimir “Putin’s Iceland will assist demining