Heathrow Airport says passenger numbers ‘may be levelling off’

Demand for air travel surged after the UK’s travel rules were scrapped but has flatlined compared with pre-virus levels in recent months.

Heathrow Airport has warned that the growth in passenger numbers since the end of coronavirus restrictions may be ‘levelling off’ (Jordan Pettitt/PA) (PA Wire)

Heathrow Airport has warned that the growth in passenger numbers since the end of coronavirus restrictions may be “levelling off”.

Demand for air travel surged after the UK’s travel rules were scrapped but it has flatlined compared with pre-virus levels in recent months.

Some 6.4 million passengers travelled through Heathrow in April, which was 94% of the total for the same month in 2019.