It comes as the London airport confirmed its summer capacity cap would be removed on 30 October – a move previously welcomed by the travel industry.
Heathrow handled 18 million passengers this summer, but said despite an uptick in demand, total passenger numbers for 2022 will reach between 60-62 million, around 25% fewer than 2019.
"Headwinds of a global economic crisis, war in Ukraine and the impact of Covid-19 mean we are unlikely to return to pre-pandemic demand for a number of years, except at peak times," the airport said.
