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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Simon Calder

DARK SECRETS: Uk airports what are they good for - The Real Truth

Frequent flyers: Ryanair and easyJet, seen here at Gatwick, serve six of the UK’s seven airports. The one exception: Heathrow - (Simon Calder)

Crikey, what a summer it has been at the UK’s seven biggest airports. Many of them have set records for passenger numbers. As none has expanded, that spells bigger crowds than ever.

You might be thinking everyone is home by now – but Stansted has left it to the last day of August for its busiest day of the year.

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