The travel industry has welcomed a pledge from Heathrow airport not extend its 100,000 passenger-a-day capacity cap beyond the end of October, with one association claiming the cap pushed costs for its members up by nearly a third.
BA delivered a €310 million increase in Q3 operating profit (Credit: Heathrow airport)
Heathrow set out its plans for a two-month cap on passenger numbers in an open letter in July, and urged airlines not to sell additional tickets for the period covered by the cap.
The cap, though, was quickly extended through to 29 October owing to the level of flight demand and the post-Covid operational pressures on the airport, such as staffing.
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