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Why London’s Heathrow airport has capped passengers to 100,000 until 11 September

Firstpost | 13/07/2022 04:50 PM | Click to read full article

London’s Heathrow Airport is capping daily passenger numbers for the summer and telling airlines to stop selling tickets as it steps up efforts to quell travel chaos caused by soaring travel demand and staff shortages.

Britain’s busiest airport said Tuesday that it’s setting a limit of 100,000 passengers that it can handle each day through 11 September.

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