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  • A departures information board at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 is viewed by passengers who stands motionless to read the details of flight departure times to echo that of a Vodafone advertisement containing a tourist on a beach, a generic scene of a person on holiday taking advantage of low mobile phone charges in mainland Europe.  A finger from an unseen traveller points to a flight time and to ladies stand gazing up at the check-in guide that helps tell which is the check-in zone of this 400 metre-long terminal that has the capacity to serve around 30 million passengers a year. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • We look down behind an airline passenger who is alone on seating in the departures concourse of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. Mourning the death of a mother, the lady sits with a floral tribute to the recently-deceased relative whose name 'Mum' is laid out next to her in pink flowers. On her lap is the organic Soil Association's magazine Living Earth. Perhaps the woman is on her way to a family funeral and is flying from T5 on this sad flight. Amid the otherwise bustling international airport, the woman seeks solace and tries to sleep before her check-in zone opens. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • Boys from a Scottish scout group sit and in the departures concourse of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. All wearing traditional kilts favoured by the Scots, the lads are en-route between Switzerland and Scotland after a week's international jamboree in the Alps. Their sleeves are filled with the stitched badges of past achievements and one reads a newspaper while the others pass away the time before their flight by watching other passengers. The kilt's are alternately red and green and historically, relate to their wearers old family clans. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • An upright picture of a departures information board at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. A lady passenger stands motionless to read the details of flight departure times to echo that of a Vodafone advertisement containing a figure of a man standing erect on a beach, a generic scene of a person on holiday taking advantage of low mobile phone charges in mainland Europe.  Both the man and the woman are on opposite sides of the picture and we see a large letter C that denotes the check-in zone of this 400 metre-long terminal that has the capacity to serve around 30 million passengers a year. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • A departing lover hugs her boyfriend farewell before her long-haul flight in the Departures concourse at. Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. While embracing her young man, she gazes off into the distance amid the otherwise busy airport terminal where the emotions of parting as well as the joys of reunited loved-ones are played out in various parts of aviation hubs around the world. They are both in their own worlds, removed from the noise and confusion of other passengers. Her departure is brief and yet their sadness of being separated is plainly too much to bear. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • A disabled airline passenger makes her own way through the Departures concourse of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. Pushing her racing wheelchair, possibly for a race in another country, the lady heads for a British Airways check-in zone before a long-haul flight to compete as a paraplegic. Pushing her possessions on an airport trolley, she speeds through the terminal showing tanned, muscular arms and a bottle of Evian mineral water. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • NHS Paramedic Janet Greenhead cycles through the departures concourse on her Specialized Rockhopper mountain bike in Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. Janet is a Responder with the cycle response unit (CRU), a part of the London Ambulance Service whose job it is to attend injuries within Heathrow's terminals. Pedalling the heavy bike laden with 55kg of medical emergency equipment she answers the calls from those with a cut finger, a baggage handler who’s injured an arm, a child who’s fallen over with cuts and bruises or a much more serious incident like a cardiac arrest which are common in an airport where passengers feel under stress or who forget to take their medicines while jet lagged. During a busy shift, she could end up cycling more than eight miles. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • A young African mother allows her sleeping baby some well-earned rest at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. In the departures concourse the mum and her child await their check-in zone to open in this international aviation hub in West London. The infant sleeps soundly, wrapped to its mother's back in the traditional manner for carrying children in the developing world. It is a simple scene of everyday care for one's child and airport operator spent £4.3 billion on Terminal 5 which has the capacity to serve around 30 million passengers a year. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • A young mother holds up her daughter to insert a letter into a post box at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. The girl half-climbs up the red pillar box and tries to get the postage item into the narrow slot which is an even tighter fit because of security considerations - avoiding larger and potentially dangerous packages from entering the airport's postal system. In the background we see the bustle of a departures concourse where British Airways passengers walk past after having checked-in at BA's hub terminal. At a cost of £4.3 billion, Terminal 5 has the capacity to serve around 30 million passengers a year. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • Two elderly but travel-wise passengers read the morning newspapers while awaiting their check-in zone to open in Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 departures concourse. The front page of the Daily Mail proclaims that Swine Flu is getting more serious after a period of summer when schools are about to re-open and temperatures about to drop for autumn. With their baggage stacked on a trolley the couple wait patiently after an early morning coach brought them to this aviation hub for BA only flights. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • A close-up detail of teenage words, written in marker pen on a young person's arm in the departures concourse of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. Holding the handles of her baggage trolley that has an open bag in which we see some possessions, the girl displays the words 'I (heart) love you' and the name of Kentin Bisou. It may be a declaration of true love or just a teenage prank before an adventure starts from this aviation hub. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • A 90s departures board displays the times and destinations of rail services heading south from this London station hub. Routes to the south coasts towns of Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings departing in the afternoon from the capital. The Train Not Ready signs are also displayed telling passengers that carriages have yet to be designated and their platforms unallocated.
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  • A female member of the Thomas Cook staff issues foreign currency to an unseen airline passenger in the departures concourse at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. This Bureau de Change is one of two companies trading in foreign exchange, travel insurance and travellers cheques for passengers passing through this aviation hub is west London. We see on the wall behind the assistant, a beach paradise scene of palm trees, calm seas and beach chalets, the idea of tranquillity and prosperity. On the left are the exchange rates for the world's currencies for purchase at this kiosk. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • Rail passengers look up the information times of departures at Victoria station, on 8th November 2019, in London, England.
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  • Lying horizontal in a busy salon, a lady passenger receives eyebrow threading treatment during a beauty session at the Blink Eyebrow Bar in World Duty Free, Heathrow Airport's terminal 5. The beautician holds the thread that squeezes the woman's eyebrow follicles, removing the tiniest and finest hair right from the root. Threading is a technique that China has been using for centuries but has recently become popular in western countries. Amid the busy departures terminal of this international aviation hub, this is a corner of quiet and tranquillity before the woman traveller boards her business flight after this few minutes of pampering. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • An elderly lady receives a consultation from a professional beautician in the Clinique Bar at World Duty Free in Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. In a quiet corner of peace and tranquility, the woman's face is examined in detail using a magnifying lens that allows the assistant to see every hair follicle and pore. Amid the busy departures terminal of this international aviation hub, this is a corner of quiet and tranquillity before the woman traveller boards her flight after this few minutes of pampering. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • Luggage trolleys outside departures of terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport, London, United Kingdom.
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  • Departure gates in Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok, Thailand. Suvarnabhumi Airport, also known as Bangkok International Airport (BKK), is one of two international airports serving Bangkok, Thailand. The airport is currently the main hub for Thai Airways International, Bangkok Airways and Orient Thai Airlines. It also serves as regional gateway and connecting point for various foreign carriers.
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  • Departure gates in Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok, Thailand. Suvarnabhumi Airport, also known as Bangkok International Airport (BKK), is one of two international airports serving Bangkok, Thailand. The airport is currently the main hub for Thai Airways International, Bangkok Airways and Orient Thai Airlines. It also serves as regional gateway and connecting point for various foreign carriers.
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  • Departure gates in Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok, Thailand. Suvarnabhumi Airport, also known as Bangkok International Airport (BKK), is one of two international airports serving Bangkok, Thailand. The airport is currently the main hub for Thai Airways International, Bangkok Airways and Orient Thai Airlines. It also serves as regional gateway and connecting point for various foreign carriers.
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  • Honeymooners cuddle in front of other passengers before their round-the-world adventure, leaving from Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5B. The couple are seen embracing at the departure gate as the remaining air travellers filter through the last security checks and board their long-haul flight. The young lady has a look of contentment on her face, the look of happiness and comfort in the arms of her new husband and they hug with all the affection of young love and trust. Another passenger grins in their direction during this show of devotion. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • Honeymooners cuddle in front of their Boeing 747-400 that will soon take them on a round-the-world adventure, leaving from Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5B. The couple are seen as silhouettes against the natural light of the large plate glass windows. As the aircraft is readied and before the flight's air travellers are called to the departure gate, the young man and woman put their heads imagining what new things they will see as their airliner is about to transport them to experience new cultures and possibly a new life. In the background, we see other jets that are parked in their respective jetties across the main movement area, the apron. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • A young girl in transit between India and the US, entertains herself by throwing her pet toy tiger as far as the ceiling in a departure window of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. In front of a Boeing 777 jet airliner's nose and cockpit, the girl is a silhouette against the large windows that allow in the natural light. Behind the parked aircraft, another British Airways passenger jet taxies past, its tail at right-angles to the stationary airplane although they both look like the same plane. With her family baggage next to her, the child is enjoying some hours of freedom before another long-haul flight westwards. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • Departure board at Victoria train station, London.
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  • A departure gate in Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok, Thailand. Suvarnabhumi Airport, also known as Bangkok International Airport (BKK), is one of two international airports serving Bangkok, Thailand. The airport is currently the main hub for Thai Airways International, Bangkok Airways and Orient Thai Airlines. It also serves as regional gateway and connecting point for various foreign carriers.
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  • The departure lounge in Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok, Thailand. Suvarnabhumi Airport, also known as Bangkok International Airport (BKK), is one of two international airports serving Bangkok, Thailand. The airport is currently the main hub for Thai Airways International, Bangkok Airways and Orient Thai Airlines. It also serves as regional gateway and connecting point for various foreign carriers.
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  • Passengers look at departure times while passing through the main concourse at St. Pancras Station, on 10th April 2018, in London, England.
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  • Seen from ground level, we see one of the giant 'hand nodes' of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 roof structure. Developed by Arup to design the geometry of abutment steel supports, this engineering challenge needed to help support 50 ton tusk rafters to made T5 the largest free-standing building in the UK. A large H denotes the check-in zone for international passengers. The main architecture was created by the Richard Rogers Partnership (now Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners) and opened in 2008 after a cost of £4.3 billion. Terminal 5 has the capacity to serve around 30 million passengers a year. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • Fast food restaurants at Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok, Thailand. Suvarnabhumi Airport, also known as Bangkok International Airport (BKK), is one of two international airports serving Bangkok, Thailand. The airport is currently the main hub for Thai Airways International, Bangkok Airways and Orient Thai Airlines. It also serves as regional gateway and connecting point for various foreign carriers.
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  • A young brother and sister look on in awe while a British Airways check-in lady asks security questions of the pair's parents who are taking her children on a long-haul flight from London Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. The family baggage has been tagged and is about to disappear down the belt to join up to 70,000 other items in this average day at T5. The siblings stare as the young woman checks the travel details of the mother and father who have booked Business Class seats for them all. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • A scene of busy modern air travel as international passengers check-in at the British Airways Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. Under the gaze of a giant eye that seems to be peering from out of a massive TV screen, the self-service kiosks that have been developed to allow customers to process their own ticketing on arrival at this aviation hub for British Airways. Once they've chosen their seat and printed a boarding pass, they can go straight to the Fast Bag Drop desk at the airport. There, baggage will be tagged by an agent and sent to the aircraft. At a cost of £4.3 billion, Terminal 5 has the capacity to serve around 30 million passengers a year. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • Security employed by contractor OCS searches a passenger at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. Teams of 5-8 perform a rotational order of tasks, changing every 20 minutes: A loader (asking travellers to take off clothing, shoes etc); archway detectors; X-ray operator; liquid tester and bag searcher. The X-ray operator can earn a £50 bonus for a suspect item randomly inserted by undercover officials and known as an Airlock Find. Also, a Tip is a random image flashed on the screen that shows a suspect item they have to spot. A typical day of searched passengers is 25,000 passengers in T5. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • Security employed by contractor OCS monitors an X-ray machine at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. Teams of 5-8 perform a rotational order of tasks, changing every 20 minutes: A loader (asking travellers to take off clothing, shoes etc); archway detectors; X-ray operator; liquid tester and bag searcher. The X-ray operator can earn a £50 bonus for a suspect item randomly inserted by undercover officials and known as an Airlock Find. Also, a Tip is a random image flashed on the screen that shows a suspect item they have to spot. A typical day of searched passengers is 25,000 passengers in T5. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • A slightly comical scene of modern air travel as two lady passengers haul matching suitcases at the British Airways self-check-in kiosk at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. The self-service kiosks that have been developed to allow customers to process their own ticketing on arrival at this aviation hub for British Airways. Once they've chosen their seat and printed a boarding pass, they can go straight to the Fast Bag Drop desk at the airport. There, baggage will be tagged by an agent and sent to the aircraft. At a cost of £4.3 billion, Terminal 5 has the capacity to serve around 30 million passengers a year. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • A No Sharp objects warning is plain to see as a British Airways check-in employee attaches a luggage tag to the suitcase of a Business Class passenger about to take a long-haul flight from London Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. The bag is about to disappear down the conveyor belt to join up to 70,000 other items during this average day at T5. With a bar code to identify both the bag and its owner's destination as well as the three letter IATA code, the bag enters 11 miles of underground conveyor belts beneath the 400m (a quarter of a mile) length of Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport. T5 alone has the capacity to serve around 30 million passengers a year and was completed in 2008 at a cost of £4.3bn. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • A close-up detail of a male passenger's hand that holds on to his family's travel documents before proceeding to his British Airways check-in zone at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. With a Silver company Executive 'One World' loyalty card, his ticket and British passport to hand, he waits in line after registering at a self-service kiosk where his seat has been designated. A BA employee then only needs to take his luggage. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009)
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  • Seen from the outside in early evening, the glass walls and glowing architecture of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5, the largest free-standing building in the UK. Created by the Richard Rogers Partnership (now Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners) and opened in 2008 after a cost of £4.3 billion, Terminal 5 has the capacity to serve around 30 million passengers a year. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • The silhouettes of departing passengers are seen against the strong natural light from the vast windows that face outwards of this aviation hub. Some travellers await their flights sitting down in comfortable seating - one with his hands behind his head - while others pace about Terminal 5 at London's Heathrow Airport. The scene is fairly monochrome without colour other than a grey background on this overcast day. Terminal 5 has the capacity to serve around 30 million passengers a year. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • Parked on the apron at Paris Orly Airport, a lone pilot of the French national airline Air France, leans out of his right-hand seat's cockpit window of his Boeing 777-328/ER aircraft (F-GSQT). It is a bright morning at this international hub for Air France and without help from ground staff, the silver-haired gentleman who may be the captain and commander of the aircraft (because of age and seat position) has decided to get on with the job of cleaning his window himself much like a driver wiping away flies from his car windscreen. Here however, this chore being performed approximately six meters off the ground so safety is vital - just as a clear front view for the flight-deck crew before their flight. Attached to the plane is the mobile walkway, the air bridge, that awaits boarding passengers but no 'ramp agent' is below.
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  • As darkness approaches, a queue of campervans and other vehicles queue up at the first checkpoint in the Port of Dover's Eastern Docks, the holidaymakers' first step to travelling across the English Channel to France or Belgium. beneath the famous white cliffs of Dover, that symbol of England's edge that is seen from the sea as one leaves or approaches the English shores. It is dusk and the flood lights have started illuminating the busy port roads and ramps, the red rear tail lights from a truck cross the picture's foreground and the signs - with graphics of busses, cars  and arrows that tell drivers in which lane to line-up glow yellow. Dover has long been one of the World's premier seaports, with centuries of maritime heritage, presented with a Royal Charter in 1606.
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  • Seen from the inside looking outwards, we see one of the giant 38 ton 'torso nodes' of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 roof structure. Developed by Arup to design the geometry of abutment steel, this engineering challenge needed to help support 50 ton rafters to made T5 the largest free-standing building in the UK. In the centre is the torso that sits on top of two feet with the wings splaying out to the window. The main architecture was created by the Richard Rogers Partnership (now Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners) and opened in 2008 after a cost of £4.3 billion. Terminal 5 has the capacity to serve around 30 million passengers a year. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • A close-up detail of one of the British Airways' self-check-in kiosks in international check-in at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. A welcome message reads 'Hello, please check in here' and to the right is a guide for cabin baggage size allowance. The self-service kiosks that have been developed to allow customers to process their own ticketing on arrival at this aviation hub for British Airways. Once they've chosen their seat and printed a boarding pass, they can go straight to the Fast Bag Drop desk at the airport. There, baggage will be tagged by an agent and sent to the aircraft. At a cost of £4.3 billion, Terminal 5 has the capacity to serve around 30 million passengers a year. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • A large sign stands on the concourse of Victoria railway mainline station urges passengers and commuters to wear a face covering while travelling on the capital's public transport system, on 24th September, in London, England. New restrictions are being re-introduced by the government after a sudden climb in the Covid infection rate, a predicted 'second spike'. Only those who have medical or psychological issues are exempt from wearing a face covering although £200 fines are in place for those flouting rules.
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  • Passengers mingle at the Eurostar terminal at Londons Waterloo Station in the 1990s before it was moved to St. Pancras, on 16th September 1996, in London, England.
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  • Passengers mingle at the Eurostar terminal at Londons Waterloo Station in the 1990s before it was moved to St. Pancras, on 16th September 1996, in London, England.
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  • NHS Paramedic Janet Greenhead attends to a lady passenger in Heathrow airport's terminal 3 who has tripped on escalators and badly gashed her leg. Janet applies a dressing and cleans the deep wound before advising the lady to visit a local hospital. Paramedics 'Responders' are with the cycle response unit (CRU), part of the London Ambulance Service whose job is to attend injuries within Heathrow, cycling through the terminals on mountain bikes. She answers radio calls from those with a cut finger, a baggage handler who’s injured an arm, a child who’s fallen over with cuts and bruises or a much more serious incident like a cardiac arrest which are common in an airport where passengers feel under stress or who forget to take their medicines while jet lagged. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • Two elderly passengers have stopped by in a retail space called World of Duty Free to taste Scottish Malt Whiskey in Terminal 5 at heathrow Airport. The two South-Africans travel widely across the world to visit their extended family and like to stop by this shop to try the various blends of Scotch with the help of a sales person who helps them decide which bottles to buy. Together they swallow the fine alcohol and taste its delicate and subtle differences. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • A man tucks in to his in-flight meal on-board an Air France Boeing 777 flight from Paris Orly to Cayenne, French Guiana. Putting more food into his mouth while watching an in-flight movie, the male passenger has an aisle seat on this airliner. We also see on another seat back, the progress of this journey across the Atlantic Ocean towards the mainland of South America, seen on the moving map system screen which reveals statistics such as altitude, airspeed, distance to destination, distance from origination and local time. Using GPS avionics, the capital Cayenne is seen as the destination as well as Caracas, Georgetown, Kingstown and San Juan in the Caribbean. On the viewer's lowered tray is a light lunch of fruit, natural yoghurt, bread roll, orange juice and empty up. This is the best of Economy class.
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  • Passengers about to board the Heathrow Express train at London Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 5 station.
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  • A female security officer has spotted an abandoned bag with the words 'Giraffe To Go' on the side, inside a lift of Heathrow airport's Terminal 5. The woman talks urgently but calmly using her walkie-talkie. She needs to report it to her controllers as a suspicious package but may turn out to be an innocent lunch bag left by a hurrying and absent-minded passenger, realising their flight is about to close, instead of a bomb left by a malicious terrorist. The lady bends down to give as accurate description as she can before airport police arrive to determine how serious the treat is and possibly order a costly evacuation. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
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  • Looking down from above, we see one lone queuing traveller at Charles de Gaulle, gazes up towards the large Departures board. Fellow-passengers wait by baggage trolleys in a civilised line beneath the information. Charles de Gaulle/Roissy is a hub airport for Air France north of the French capital. The departures information has schedule times, destinations, flight, satellite and gate numbers plus   remarks. Air travellers experience such misery every day and shows of how global air travel has become a routine, mundane and stressful for the everyday airline passenger - a far cry from when commercial flight was purely for the elite. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
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  • A United Airlines ramp agent stands in the terminal building of Chicago O'Hare airport before continuing his airside shift, dispatching and communicating with his operational airline colleagues. The man stands with hands in pockets wearing his company issue fluorescent safety jacket with reflective materials important on the ramp, in the company of dangerous vehicles and running aircraft engines. Ensuring the smooth arrival and departures of flights across America and the rest of the world, he is a key member of the airline at its O'Hare hub. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
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  • An elevated view of passengers waiting on the station concourse for information from the Departures Board above platforms 11 and 12 at London Victoria railway station, United Kingdom.  The train station is located in central London and is the second-busiest in the capital.
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  • At a Hindu wedding the newly wed bride shortly before her departure to begin a new life, has a floral hairpiece placed on her head which flows down her back. Flowers are an important part of a wedding ceremony as they signify beauty, Neemrana Fort Palace, Rajasthan, India.
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  • Seen through a glass screen, we see a crowd of passengers - a mixture of business and holiday travellers - awaiting the departure of their commercial flight from Frankfurt am Main international airport, Germany. Reflected lights and other windows merge into this scene of European air travel where the everyday misery of delays and disruption affect millions on a daily basis. Some people are still seated while the more enthusiastic wait in line, queuing for the imminent departure. Frankfurt is also a sprawling hub for the German state airline Lufthansa. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
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  • Departure board at City Airport in London shows flight cancellations across the board. Due to the volcanic ash cloud high in the atmosphere all air travel in British air space was cancelled.
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  • Departure board at City Airport in London shows flight cancellations across the board. Due to the volcanic ash cloud high in the atmosphere all air travel in British air space was cancelled.
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  • Departure board at City Airport in London shows flight cancellations across the board. Due to the volcanic ash cloud high in the atmosphere all air travel in British air space was cancelled.
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  • Departure board at City Airport in London shows flight cancellations across the board. Due to the volcanic ash cloud high in the atmosphere all air travel in British air space was cancelled.
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  • Departure board at City Airport in London shows flight cancellations across the board. Due to the volcanic ash cloud high in the atmosphere all air travel in British air space was cancelled.
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  • Departure board at City Airport in London shows flight cancellations across the board. Due to the volcanic ash cloud high in the atmosphere all air travel in British air space was cancelled.
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  • NHS test & trace underway as police and army personnel are stationed at the entrance to the departure lanes of the Port of Dover while Test & Trace administer the COVID-19 lateral flow test on the 29th of December 2020 in Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. The French border was closed due to a new strain of COVID-19, all travellers now need a negative COVID-19 test before they can board a ferry to Calais, France.
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  • NHS test & trace underway as police and army personnel are stationed at the entrance to the departure lanes of the Port of Dover while Test & Trace administer the COVID-19 lateral flow test on the 29th of December 2020 in Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. The French border was closed due to a new strain of COVID-19, all travellers now need a negative COVID-19 test before they can board a ferry to Calais, France.
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  • NHS test & trace underway as police and army personnel are stationed at the entrance to the departure lanes of the Port of Dover while Test & Trace administer the COVID-19 lateral flow test on the 29th of December 2020 in Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. The French border was closed due to a new strain of COVID-19, all travellers now need a negative COVID-19 test before they can board a ferry to Calais, France.
    UK-Travel-Dover-COVID-19-Testing-885...jpg
  • NHS test & trace underway as police and army personnel are stationed at the entrance to the departure lanes of the Port of Dover while Test & Trace administer the COVID-19 lateral flow test on the 29th of December 2020 in Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. The French border was closed due to a new strain of COVID-19, all travellers now need a negative COVID-19 test before they can board a ferry to Calais, France.
    UK-Travel-Dover-COVID-19-Testing-881...jpg
  • NHS test & trace underway as police and army personnel are stationed at the entrance to the departure lanes of the Port of Dover while Test & Trace administer the COVID-19 lateral flow test on the 29th of December 2020 in Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. The French border was closed due to a new strain of COVID-19, all travellers now need a negative COVID-19 test before they can board a ferry to Calais, France.
    UK-Travel-Dover-COVID-19-Testing-879...jpg
  • NHS test & trace underway as police and army personnel are stationed at the entrance to the departure lanes of the Port of Dover while Test & Trace administer the COVID-19 lateral flow test on the 29th of December 2020 in Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. The French border was closed due to a new strain of COVID-19, all travellers now need a negative COVID-19 test before they can board a ferry to Calais, France.
    UK-Travel-Dover-COVID-19-Testing-878...jpg
  • NHS test & trace underway as police and army personnel are stationed at the entrance to the departure lanes of the Port of Dover while Test & Trace administer the COVID-19 lateral flow test on the 29th of December 2020 in Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. The French border was closed due to a new strain of COVID-19, all travellers now need a negative COVID-19 test before they can board a ferry to Calais, France.
    UK-Travel-Dover-COVID-19-Testing-871...jpg
  • NHS test & trace underway as police and army personnel are stationed at the entrance to the departure lanes of the Port of Dover while Test & Trace administer the COVID-19 lateral flow test on the 29th of December 2020 in Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. The French border was closed due to a new strain of COVID-19, all travellers now need a negative COVID-19 test before they can board a ferry to Calais, France.
    UK-Travel-Dover-COVID-19-Testing-870...jpg
  • NHS test & trace underway as police and army personnel are stationed at the entrance to the departure lanes of the Port of Dover while Test & Trace administer the COVID-19 lateral flow test on the 29th of December 2020 in Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. The French border was closed due to a new strain of COVID-19, all travellers now need a negative COVID-19 test before they can board a ferry to Calais, France.
    UK-Travel-Dover-COVID-19-Testing-870...jpg
  • NHS test & trace underway as police and army personnel are stationed at the entrance to the departure lanes of the Port of Dover while Test & Trace administer the COVID-19 lateral flow test on the 29th of December 2020 in Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. The French border was closed due to a new strain of COVID-19, all travellers now need a negative COVID-19 test before they can board a ferry to Calais, France.
    UK-Travel-Dover-COVID-19-Testing-869...jpg
  • NHS test & trace underway as police and army personnel are stationed at the entrance to the departure lanes of the Port of Dover while Test & Trace administer the COVID-19 lateral flow test on the 29th of December 2020 in Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. The French border was closed due to a new strain of COVID-19, all travellers now need a negative COVID-19 test before they can board a ferry to Calais, France.
    UK-Travel-Dover-COVID-19-Testing-868...jpg
  • All departure lanes closed due to French border closures because of a new strain of COVID-19 at the entrance into the port of Dover in the Eastern Dock where the cross channel port is situated with ferries departing to go to Calais in France on the 21st of December 2020, Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. Dover is the nearest port to France with just 34 kilometres 21 miles between them. It is one of the busiest ports in the world. As well as freight container ships it is also the main port for P&O and DFDS Seaways ferries.
    UK-Port-Of-Dover-Closure-7895.jpg
  • All departure lanes closed due to French border closures because of a new strain of COVID-19 at the entrance into the port of Dover in the Eastern Dock where the cross channel port is situated with ferries departing to go to Calais in France on the 21st of December 2020, Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. Dover is the nearest port to France with just 34 kilometres 21 miles between them. It is one of the busiest ports in the world. As well as freight container ships it is also the main port for P&O and DFDS Seaways ferries.
    UK-Port-Of-Dover-Closure-7931.jpg
  • All departure lanes closed due to French border closures because of a new strain of COVID-19 at the entrance into the port of Dover in the Eastern Dock where the cross channel port is situated with ferries departing to go to Calais in France on the 21st of December 2020, Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. Dover is the nearest port to France with just 34 kilometres 21 miles between them. It is one of the busiest ports in the world. As well as freight container ships it is also the main port for P&O and DFDS Seaways ferries.
    UK-Port-Of-Dover-Closure-7936.jpg
  • All departure lanes closed due to French border closures because of a new strain of COVID-19 at the entrance into the port of Dover in the Eastern Dock where the cross channel port is situated with ferries departing to go to Calais in France on the 21st of December 2020, Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. Dover is the nearest port to France with just 34 kilometres 21 miles between them. It is one of the busiest ports in the world. As well as freight container ships it is also the main port for P&O and DFDS Seaways ferries.
    UK-Port-Of-Dover-Closure-7938.jpg
  • All departure lanes closed due to French border closures because of a new strain of COVID-19 at the entrance into the port of Dover in the Eastern Dock where the cross channel port is situated with ferries departing to go to Calais in France on the 21st of December 2020, Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. Dover is the nearest port to France with just 34 kilometres 21 miles between them. It is one of the busiest ports in the world. As well as freight container ships it is also the main port for P&O and DFDS Seaways ferries.
    UK-Port-Of-Dover-Closure-7919.jpg
  • All departure lanes closed due to French border closures because of a new strain of COVID-19 at the entrance into the port of Dover in the Eastern Dock where the cross channel port is situated with ferries departing to go to Calais in France on the 21st of December 2020, Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. Dover is the nearest port to France with just 34 kilometres 21 miles between them. It is one of the busiest ports in the world. As well as freight container ships it is also the main port for P&O and DFDS Seaways ferries.
    UK-Port-Of-Dover-Closure-7922.jpg
  • All departure lanes closed due to French border closures because of a new strain of COVID-19 at the entrance into the port of Dover in the Eastern Dock where the cross channel port is situated with ferries departing to go to Calais in France on the 21st of December 2020, Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. Dover is the nearest port to France with just 34 kilometres 21 miles between them. It is one of the busiest ports in the world. As well as freight container ships it is also the main port for P&O and DFDS Seaways ferries.
    UK-Port-Of-Dover-Closure-7887.jpg
  • Lorries line up at control barriers for departure inside the Eastern Dock of the Port of Dover is where the cross channel port is situated with ferries departing here to go to Calais in France on the 29th of January 2020 in Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. Dover is the nearest port to France with just 34 kilometres 21 miles between them. It is one of the busiest ports in the world. As well as freight container ships it is also the main port for P&O and DFDS Seaways ferries.
    UK-Port-Of-Dover-4229.jpg
  • Lorries line up at control barriers for departure inside the Eastern Dock of the Port of Dover is where the cross channel port is situated with ferries departing here to go to Calais in France on the 29th of January 2020 in Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. Dover is the nearest port to France with just 34 kilometres 21 miles between them. It is one of the busiest ports in the world. As well as freight container ships it is also the main port for P&O and DFDS Seaways ferries.
    UK-Port-Of-Dover-4211.jpg
  • Lorries line up for departure inside the Eastern Dock of the Port of Dover is where the cross channel port is situated with ferries departing here to go to Calais in France on the 29th of January 2020 in Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. Dover is the nearest port to France with just 34 kilometres 21 miles between them. It is one of the busiest ports in the world. As well as freight container ships it is also the main port for P&O and DFDS Seaways ferries.
    UK-Port-Of-Dover-4179.jpg
  • As incoming lorries disembark from the ferry other lorries line up ready for departure inside the Eastern Dock of the Port of Dover is where the cross channel port is situated with ferries departing here to go to Calais in France on the 29th of January 2020 in Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. Dover is the nearest port to France with just 34 kilometres 21 miles between them. It is one of the busiest ports in the world. As well as freight container ships it is also the main port for P&O and DFDS Seaways ferries.
    UK-Port-Of-Dover-4198.jpg
  • Lorries line up for departure inside the Eastern Dock of the Port of Dover is where the cross channel port is situated with ferries departing here to go to Calais in France on the 29th of January 2020 in Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. Dover is the nearest port to France with just 34 kilometres 21 miles between them. It is one of the busiest ports in the world. As well as freight container ships it is also the main port for P&O and DFDS Seaways ferries.
    UK-Port-Of-Dover-4182.jpg
  • As incoming lorries disembark from the ferry other lorries line up ready for departure inside the Eastern Dock of the Port of Dover is where the cross channel port is situated with ferries departing here to go to Calais in France on the 29th of January 2020 in Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. Dover is the nearest port to France with just 34 kilometres 21 miles between them. It is one of the busiest ports in the world. As well as freight container ships it is also the main port for P&O and DFDS Seaways ferries.
    UK-Port-Of-Dover-4169.jpg
  • Lorries line up at control barriers for departure inside the Eastern Dock of the Port of Dover is where the cross channel port is situated with ferries departing here to go to Calais in France on the 29th of January 2020 in Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. Dover is the nearest port to France with just 34 kilometres 21 miles between them. It is one of the busiest ports in the world. As well as freight container ships it is also the main port for P&O and DFDS Seaways ferries.
    UK-Port-Of-Dover-4148.jpg
  • As incoming lorries disembark from the ferry other lorries line up ready for departure inside the Eastern Dock of the Port of Dover is where the cross channel port is situated with ferries departing here to go to Calais in France on the 29th of January 2020 in Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. Dover is the nearest port to France with just 34 kilometres 21 miles between them. It is one of the busiest ports in the world. As well as freight container ships it is also the main port for P&O and DFDS Seaways ferries.
    UK-Port-Of-Dover-4139.jpg
  • On the day that Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher resigns as Prime Minister, newspaper headlines report her departure after being deposed by Conservative Party colleagues, after 11 years as UK premier, on 22nd November 1990, in London, England.
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  • On the day that Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher resigns as Prime Minister, newspaper headlines report her departure after being deposed by Conservative Party colleagues, after 11 years as UK premier, on 22nd November 1990, in London, England.
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  • Greece . Idomeni transit camp for refugees travelling from Turkey to Northern Europe,on the border of Greece and Macedonia. Sign in English and Arabic saying 'Departure tent'.
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  • A lone passenger gazes out from the departure lounge at Charles de Gaulle/Roissy airport terminal to where airliners are parked. It is late evening and blue light outside makes the orange interior look warm. Designed by Paul Andreu, Charles de Gaulle became a symbol for airport modernity - a Le Corbusier concept of rail stations and ‘autodromes.’ Charles de Gaulle’s role as airport and rail station fuses into one, thus becoming an ‘Aérogare’ where trains and planes whisk the new world traveller of the late ‘60s, away beyond an ever-extending horizon. From here, the Air France Concorde crashed on the aviation employment town of Gonesse on July 25th 2000. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
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  • On a hot night at Bahrain International Airport, a Boeing airliner is about to be pushed backwards and start its engines. Two airport agents wearing traditional Arab dress stand patiently high up on the air bridge (that joins the aircraft fuselage during its turnaround time), several metres above ground level, ensuring no last-minute problems occur before departure. This Gulf State is, a key hub airport in the region, providing a gateway to the Northern Gulf. The airport is the major hub for Gulf Air which provides 52% of overall movements. It is also the half-way point between Western Europe and Asian destinations such as Hong Kong and Beijing. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
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  • A Bahrani aircraft mechanic stands beneath the giant nose wheel assembly of a Being airliner at Bahrain International Airport. Wearing a red headset, he can communicate by cable with the pilots high up in the aircraft's cockpit as a vehicle pushes-back the flying machine onto the taxi-way before starting its engines and departure. It is another hot day in this Gulf State, a key hub airport in the region, providing a gateway to the Northern Gulf. The airport is the major hub for Gulf Air which provides 52% of overall movements. It is also the half-way point between Western Europe and Asian destinations such as Hong Kong and Beijing. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
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  • A Bahrani baggage-handler employed by SABTCO pauses during his shift at Bahrain International airport. Having loaded luggage and cargo into the hold of an Egyptair Airbus, he sits looking hot and tired on the company’s conveyor belt awaiting last-minute additions to the manifest before its imminent departure for Cairo, across the Mediterranean. It is another hot day in this Gulf State, a key hub airport in the region, providing a gateway to the Northern Gulf. The airport is the home for Gulf Air which provides 52% of overall movements and is also the half-way point between Western Europe and Asian destinations such as Hong Kong and Beijing. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903
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  • The flight-deck crew of a Sri Lankan Airlines A340-300 series Airbus - registration number 4R-ADE - perform a series of pre-flight checks before a scheduled departure, while on the apron at Malé international airport in the Republic of the Maldives. Featuring electronic instruments it is known as a 'glass cockpit' and using a printed checklist manual, they methodically work through dozens of complex systems that require accurate input before the aircraft is ready for take off. Flight navigation computers, fuel and engine settings and radio frequencies all need programming by the two pilots, the captain on the left and the First Officer on the right. These modern airliners have only two pilots in a modern flight-deck as technology superceeded the need for a third member, the flight-engineers of a previous era of aviation.
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  • A Bahraini  baggage-handler employed by SABTCO pauses during his shift at Bahrain International airport. Having loaded luggage he is also about to put a cargo of fresh fruits on the conveyor belt and into the hold of an Egyptair Airbus. A colleague walks up the ramp towards the fuselage before the freight goes in before its imminent departure for Cairo, across the Mediterranean. It is another hot day in this Gulf State, a key hub airport in the region, providing a gateway to the Northern Gulf. The airport is the home for Gulf Air which provides 52% of overall movements and is also the half-way point between Western Europe and Asian destinations such as Hong Kong and Beijing. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first powered flight, 1903.
    bahrain_airpoirt03-21-04-2001_1.jpg
  • NHS test & trace underway as police and army personnel are stationed at the entrance to the departure lanes of the Port of Dover while Test & Trace administer the COVID-19 lateral flow test on the 29th of December 2020 in Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. The French border was closed due to a new strain of COVID-19, all travellers now need a negative COVID-19 test before they can board a ferry to Calais, France.
    UK-Travel-Dover-COVID-19-Testing-872...jpg
  • NHS test & trace underway as police and army personnel are stationed at the entrance to the departure lanes of the Port of Dover while Test & Trace administer the COVID-19 lateral flow test on the 29th of December 2020 in Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. The French border was closed due to a new strain of COVID-19, all travellers now need a negative COVID-19 test before they can board a ferry to Calais, France.
    UK-Travel-Dover-COVID-19-Testing-865...jpg
  • NHS test & trace underway as police and army personnel are stationed at the entrance to the departure lanes of the Port of Dover while Test & Trace administer the COVID-19 lateral flow test on the 29th of December 2020 in Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. The French border was closed due to a new strain of COVID-19, all travellers now need a negative COVID-19 test before they can board a ferry to Calais, France.
    UK-Travel-Dover-COVID-19-Testing-866...jpg
  • All departure lanes closed due to French border closures because of a new strain of COVID-19 at the entrance into the port of Dover in the Eastern Dock where the cross channel port is situated with ferries departing to go to Calais in France on the 21st of December 2020, Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. Dover is the nearest port to France with just 34 kilometres 21 miles between them. It is one of the busiest ports in the world. As well as freight container ships it is also the main port for P&O and DFDS Seaways ferries.
    UK-Port-Of-Dover-Closure-7914.jpg
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