Heathrow’s third runway asks questions of the airport and Labour

A passenger removes her baggage rom the carousel at Heathrow Airport

2024-08-29  548  中等

Like many airports, Heathrow has struggled to handle a post-pandemic surge in air travel. Customer-satisfaction levels are down from pre-covid-19 levels; flight delays are up. But the biggest problem is structural: Heathrow has operated at close to maximum capacity for more than a decade. The question facing Thomas Woldbye, Heathrow’s chief executive, and its new backers—Ardian, a French private-equity firm, and the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF), which have agreed to acquire stakes of 22.6% and 15% respectively—is how to increase the number of passengers it can manage.

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