UK: Bursting Heathrow crams more passengers onto bigger jets
London Heathrow, which has operated its 2 runways close to capacity since the start of the decade, managed to squeeze in 2.3m additional passengers last year as airlines deployed bigger planes and carried more people per flight. The traveller tally at the airport increased 3.1% to 78m even as the number of aircraft movements rose just 0.2%, Heathrow Airport said Thursday. The passenger surge shows Heathrow is finding ways of accommodating more customers as it awaits construction of a GBP16b (US$22b) third runway that will lift annual capacity to 135m flyers. Backed by the govt in 2016, the new strip still faces a number of hurdles and isn’t due to open until 2025. The airport was able to add only 800 new flights or just over 2 per day by optimising take-off and landing patterns. <br/>
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UK: Bursting Heathrow crams more passengers onto bigger jets
London Heathrow, which has operated its 2 runways close to capacity since the start of the decade, managed to squeeze in 2.3m additional passengers last year as airlines deployed bigger planes and carried more people per flight. The traveller tally at the airport increased 3.1% to 78m even as the number of aircraft movements rose just 0.2%, Heathrow Airport said Thursday. The passenger surge shows Heathrow is finding ways of accommodating more customers as it awaits construction of a GBP16b (US$22b) third runway that will lift annual capacity to 135m flyers. Backed by the govt in 2016, the new strip still faces a number of hurdles and isn’t due to open until 2025. The airport was able to add only 800 new flights or just over 2 per day by optimising take-off and landing patterns. <br/>
