John Holland- Kaye, the CEO of London's Heathrow Airport, said on Tuesday that airlines have been told to stop selling tickets this summer in order to keep passenger numbers manageable.
Travelers queue at a airport.
The number of departing passengers will be capped at 100,000 between July 12 and September 11.
He pointed to recent last-minute cancellation, bags not traveling with passengers, and long queue times as reasons for the poor service.
Since the beginning of the Pandemic in 2020, the number of passengers leaving the airport would have plummeted.
According to the latest forecasts, airlines plan to have a total of 104,000 passengers a day fly out of the airport, though only 1,500 of these seats have been sold at the moment.
The airport wants airlines to stop selling more summer tickets in order to limit the impact on passengers.
Holland- Kaye acknowledged the cap will inevitably mean some journeys will be moved to another day, another airport or be canceled entirely but said the limit is intended to protect flights for the vast majority of passengers
Heathrow was one of the busiest airports in the world before the swine flu hit. During the early days of the Pandemic, it was Europe's top position, but has since fallen down. Europe's busiest airport is located in Paris.
As international and domestic travel ground to a halt, the travel and tourism industry was the hardest hit. According to a United Nations report, the crash of international tourism could cost the global economy more than $4 trillion. As more countries lift restrictions and passenger numbers rebound, airports around the world have become chaotic. Europe has been especially hard hit, with more than double the number of canceled flights. Poor weather and staff shortages due to Covid-19 are some of the reasons why airlines and airports have largely blamed staffing levels and their inability to recruit for the disruption.
There were 22,000 people in this picture. Flight delays were close to how many they were on Monday. Data shows that Europe was hit by numerous delays, with more than half of flights out of London's Gatwick delayed and other delays from other European airports. Air France is particularly hard hit by delays. There were more than 2,100 canceled flights around the world. One of the busiest airports in the world canceled 25% of its flights.
There is demand amid rising costs. The major U.S. airlines are expected to report their earnings on Wednesday. These are the strongest earnings since the beginning of the Pandemic. According to analysts, rising fuel costs, inflation and a possible recession could all affect spending in the second half.
There are more than 10,000 flight delays around the world today.
As US airlines report earnings, demand and costs are in focus.
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