The government is due to update the traffic lights system in the next few days. Ahead of this, new research for Heathrow puts the airport’s contribution to the UK’s coffers at more than £16 billion.
The airport said a substantial part of this income could be lost if the green list is not extended, particularly to the US. New research from economic forecasters CEBR estimates leisure and business passengers arriving at the airport spend more than £16 billion throughout the UK.
US visitors arriving via Heathrow contributed £3.74 billion or 23% of this figure, CEBR estimates, with the New York route alone providing 21 million passengers in 2019.
