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Heathrow before its busiest day ever: The calm before the storm

Melanie Melhern

Skift Take

Heathrow has gone all out to make sure it gets people on to their planes in record speed the day after the closing ceremonies. With a temporary terminal and a night spent pre-processing luggage out of Olympic village, it may see success.

@BBC_Travel Tomorrow is expected to be another of Heathrow's busiest days in history, but today is actually quite tame #bbc2012 @hschaf London's airports are bracing themselves as 200,000 people a day are expected to leave the capital after the end of the games.

Monday is set to be the busiest day at London's Heathrow Airport with 116,000 passengers expected to pass through its terminals.

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