The airport is also trying to increase awareness about the rules on liquids in hand luggage to reduce delays at security.
Gatwick Airport has hired 400 extra security staff to try to ease queues during the school summer holidays.The airport is also trying to increase awareness about placing liquids in a clear bag, separate from hand luggage, to reduce delays at security.which has seen thousands of flights cancelled or delayed.
"We are doing everything possible to make the airport process as smooth as possible, including recruiting and training hundreds of new security staff, many of whom have already started or will be in coming weeks."Heathrow - the UK's busiest airport - recently introduced a cap of 100,000 daily departing passengers until 11 September, and pleaded with carriers to stop selling summer tickets.
EasyJet announced this week it had recruited 350 new customer service staff and was opening a new call centre in Milan to help ease delays.
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