Heathrow numbers

The daily passenger numbers at Heathrow have been capped at 100,000 departing daily until the end of the summer season 29 October.

Airlines had been warned to expect the airport’s passenger cap to last longer than originally planned.

Schedules must be curbed “to ensure a continued safe operation and to mitigate risk of uncontrolled demand increases leading to potentially dangerous levels of congestion”, Heathrow said.

“During the last few weeks, Heathrow has had to deploy contingencies to avoid safety events and overcrowding”.

Heathrow chair Lord Paul Deighton, the former London 21012 Olympics boss, has blasted airlines for failing to hire sufficient baggage handlers.

“For months we have been asking airlines to keep their ground handling resource in balance with demand. We have seen a shocking increase in planes departing without bags”.  

For the most part airlines have been sympathetic but the comments by Lord Deighton show an unawareness of how the system works, most baggage handling contracted out to third party specialists.  

Also see Handling at Heathrow in last week’s BTN.

Frankfurt caps flights in this week’s BTN. 

www.heathrow.com

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