Millions Strike: The Impact
Around 2 million public workers are on strike as part of a row over pensions. Teachers, civil servants, health workers are all among those who have walked out as part of the row. LBC has looked at what is affected and how badly...
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Airports
Heathrow and Gatwick had warned that there could be massive delays as UK Border Agency Staff joined the strike today - with the former saying waiting time could be as much as 12 hours.
Many of the major airlines have been giving passengers the ability to change their travel time without the usual charges in a bid to minimise the numbers going through the airports - and therefore reduce queues in the terminals.
However arrivals and take offs at the two massive London airports have so far been largely unaffected by today's strike - with Heathrow operator BAA, and its busiest carrier, British Airways, both reporting near-normal services, with queues at immigration no longer than usual.
It is thought about two thirds of UKBA staff are working as normal at Heathrow.
Gatwick has also reported that things are running smoothly.
The West Sussex airport's chief operating officer, Scott Stanley, said: "While passengers have so far not experienced delays at the border zones, we do expect delays to occur at some point today as the rate of arriving flights increases.
"That said, we do have robust plans in place to help keep those delays at the border zones to a minimum. To help avoid overcrowding, we have reconfigured both our airside terminals to provide significantly more space and seating for arriving passengers."
The RMT Union reckons that is not the case in the north east though.
