21 July 2022
Airlines have been warned to expect Heathrow’s passenger cap to last until after the October half term.
That means the passenger cap will last through October 29.
Heathrow has imposed a limit of 100,000 departing passengers a day.
Heathrow says “schedules must be curbed to ensure a continued safe operation and to mitigate risk of uncontrolled demand increases leading to potentially dangerous levels of congestion”.
Heathrow Chair Lord Paul Deighton also called out airlines for failing to hire sufficient baggage handlers.
“For months we have been asking airlines to keep their ground handling resource in balance with demand. We have seen a shocking increase in planes departing without bags.”
