A stand-off between airlines and one of the world's busiest airports is in the offing as the sector struggles to deal with surging passenger demand.
After two years of restrictions on passenger numbers, airlines are having a hard time.
In a statement, the airline said it would not comply with the demand to cut passenger numbers.
The airlines were told to stop selling tickets for the summer in order to keep the number of passengers constant.
The company said the airport gave it just 36 hours to comply with the cuts, dictated flights that should remove passengers and threatened legal action for noncompliance.
The order attempts to force it to deny seats to tens of thousands of travelers.
The passenger cap appears to have been sucked from thin air, according to the airline.
The airport has been accused of shifting the burden onto travelers and airlines by the airline.
There was a rebellion among other airlines. While airlines and airports do not always see eye to eye, there is a clear and damning rebuke of Heathrow's handling of rebounded passenger numbers. According to the company, it has been threatened with legal action if it doesn't comply and has no intention of doing so. The move could embolden other airlines that are unhappy with the way passengers are handled at the airport. The airport isn't doing enough to get back to pre-pandemic capacity and hasn't shown airlines much of a plan for doing so.
4,000 is how many people are involved. At the time the order was given, there was a limit on the number of passengers that could leave on a daily basis. The seats were sold at the time of the order. Between July 12 and September 11 the cap is going to be in place.
Many airlines have made deep cuts at busy airports in order to control chaotic scenes. Many airports and airlines laid off staff during the Pandemic and are struggling to hire and train staff in time. The airports have been in chaos as more restrictions are lifted and passenger numbers increase. Airlines and airports blame each other for the chaos, which is worsened by poor weather and staff shortages due to Covid-19.
Airlines are being told to stop selling summer tickets due to travel chaos.
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