It came as no surprise that London Heathrow would have to take action on the number of departing passengers per day this summer. Recent delays, short-notice requests for airlines to cancel services, and wider industry frustration at the issue meant something had to happen. But limiting departing capacity to 100,000 passengers per day is a shock and a cost to airlines around the globe that they hardly need.
What Are the Implications?
Restricting departing airline capacity / passengers may appear a sensible move – and quite honestly there was little option or an alternate course of action available – but when the current daily average of capacity is some 122,187 then airlines are looking at a 20% plus reduction in seats over and above the most recent cuts that airlines were requested to make by the UK Government.
As always, the devil of the capacity constraint will be in the detail. Will those airlines that only operate a single daily flight be allowed to continue operating, or will…
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