London’s Heathrow Airport has announced it will extend its cap on passenger numbers for another six weeks, as the UK’s travel sector continues to struggle to cope with the rising demand for travel.
The capacity limit of 100,000 daily departing passengers was initially to last until Sept. 11, but the airport said that date has been pushed back until Oct. 29 “to support more reliable and resilient passenger journeys.”
Heathrow said the cap imposed in July had resulted in “fewer last-minute cancellations” and “shorter waits for bags.”
It added the capacity limits would be kept under review and “could be lifted earlier should there be a sustained picture of better resilience and a material increase in resourcing levels.”…