Heathrow warns ‘do not drive’ as flooding causes disruption at airport
- Heathrow Airport has urged passengers travelling to Terminals 2 and 3 not to drive due to severe flooding causing road closures in the terminal area.
- Travellers are advised to use the Piccadilly Line, Elizabeth Line or Heathrow Express, or park at Terminals 4 or 5 and transfer via free rail services.
- The disruption comes during peak school summer holiday travel and follows recent safety-related delays on Elizabeth Line services to the airport.
- Heathrow Airport apologised for the inconvenience and said that teams are working urgently to resolve the flooding.
- The travel warnings coincide with Heathrow being overtaken by South Korea’s Incheon Airport as the world’s busiest hub for international passenger traffic in the first half of the year.
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