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CAA issues interim price cap on Heathrow airline charges

London
Will Payne
31 January 2023

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has issued an interim price cap on what Heathrow can charge airlines in 2023.

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The London airport will be allowed to charge airlines £31.57 per passenger in line with the CAA’s overall proposals issued in June 2022.

As with its interim price cap for 2022, once the CAA has set the final price control for the period, any difference between it and this interim price cap for 2023 will be automatically adjusted. 

The cap replaces the current one which applies to Heathrow’s charges in 2022, which expired on 1 January this year.

Paul Smith, consumer and markets director, said: "We are implementing these licence modifications to protect consumers and to give certainty to the airport and airlines on the level of the price cap for 2023."