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A controversial passenger cap is not the airport’s major failing
Airport says move will boost passenger confidence after limit on numbers significantly improved services
Proportion of affected journeys has steadily trended lower since mid-July
Tour operator says significant operational issues cost it €75mn
A rebound in air travel has caught airlines unprepared, meaning more bags are going astray
Some workers at the UK’s biggest airport say it is no longer the place to forge a good career
Passengers booking last minute likely to suffer most as carrier halts short-haul flight sales
Airline moves to limit disruption for existing customers after airport imposes cap on passenger numbers
Chief executive says daily limit needed to ease pressure and blames airlines for not hiring ground staff fast enough
With a summer of disruption ahead, it pays to know about your consumer rights
Letter to UK government points to lack of carrier-contracted ground handlers and says flight limits ‘mandated’
Gulf airline says it will ignore capacity cuts introduced by airport to avert travel disruption
UK’s busiest airport limits number of daily passengers for the next two months in bid to avert further disruption
UK airport says it will tell carriers to take action if needed as Wizz Air becomes latest airline to trim schedule
Chief operating officer Peter Bellew resigns after disruption led to thousands of cancellations
Plans to ease existing controls on weekend and early flights likely to hit resistance
Aviation regulator’s proposal will please airlines but hub fears hit to its Covid recovery efforts
Spectre of inflation hangs over recovery of airports, says head of ACI Europe
Low-cost carrier axes thousands more flights in response to staff shortages it blames on Brexit
London airport to scale back operations in July and August in effort to tame summer airline chaos
Aviation industry told to develop ‘deliverable schedule’ as bosses apologise for disruption
Summer of misery ahead for UK rail and air travellers as train workers announce three days of strikes
Widespread travel disruption blamed on staff shortages at ground-handling companies
Nearly 500 flights cancelled to and from Britain over four-day bank holiday weekend
Eurocontrol says some of continent’s control centres will struggle to handle all the flights scheduled over early summer
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