Heathrow passenger numbers fall in November
By Iain Gilbert
Date: Monday 12 Dec 2022
(Sharecast News) - Heathrow said on Monday that 5.6m people had travelled via the airport in November, down from 5.9m in October, but highlighted that 55.0m passengers had passed through its doors year-to-date - nearly 70% of 2019's pre-Covid levels.
Britain's busiest airport stated that it expects December to be busy, with New York's JFK set to reclaim the crown of "most popular route" this Christmas.
Heathrow also noted that the vast majority of travellers would be unaffected by Border Force strikes, with arriving passengers with UK, EU, US, Canadian, and certain other passports able to use e-gates as usual.
Chief executive John Holland-Kaye said: "We are ready to welcome millions of passengers heading off to enjoy the holidays with family and friends. We have extra people in the terminals on the busiest days, including me and my management team, to ensure we get people on their way as smoothly as possible and start to bring the joy back into travel.
"We are doing everything we can to protect full operating schedules on Border Force strike days and departing journeys and the vast majority of arriving journeys should be unaffected."
Reporting by Iain Gilbert at Sharecast.com
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