Report: London Heathrow to Drop Passenger Cap in October
byDaniel McCarthy/Just as another major European airport announces its own passenger cap, London Heathrow is dropping its own.
According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, London Heathrow Airport will drop its cap on passenger numbers on Oct. 29. The cap was initially set at 100,000 over the summer after staff at Heathrow could not keep up with the passenger volume amidst a snapback in travel demand.
The 100,000 limit was lower than the 104,000 passenger average that Heathrow had been averaging prior to its placement during the typically busy summer travel season.
According to the airport, the cap “resulted in fewer last-minute cancellations, better punctuality, and shorter waits for bags”
“Our primary concern is ensuring we give our passengers a reliable service when they travel. That’s why we introduced temporary capacity limits in July which have already improved journeys during the summer getaway,” Heathrow CCO Ross Barker said at the time.
巴克在机场和其他高管经度g said that the goal was the remove the cap as soon as possible, but that “we can only do so when we are confident that everyone operating at the airport has the resources to deliver the service our passengers deserve.”
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, one of the international airports that became the face of travel chaos last summer, said this week that it will impose its own daily passenger limit until at least March because of ongoing staffing shortages at the airport.
The airport, in a message, said that it “made this choice to provide travelers reliable travelers a reliable travel experience, and predictability and stability for airlines.”
Schiphol不会确认能力是什么,但是期望将其在10月份雇用的20%的能力降低。Schiphol还表示,它正在与航空公司和工会和安全公司合作,提出解决方案以恢复正常运营,但他说,在持续的劳动力短缺之中,它别无选择,只能削减能力。
Schiphol could potentially drop the limit at the end of January, as the airline said it will “look at whether more might be possible” starting then, however it is still committed to controlling the flow of passengers through security.