Heathrow Airport Caps Passenger Numbers, Orders Airlines to Stop Selling Summer Tickets

Heathrow Airport Caps Passenger Numbers, Orders Airlines to Stop Selling Summer Tickets
Suitcases are seen uncollected at Heathrow's Terminal Three baggage reclaim, west of London on July 8, 2022. Paul Ellis/AFP via Getty Images
Alexander Zhang
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London’s Heathrow Airport has imposes a cap on passenger numbers and has ordered airlines to stop selling tickets for summer flights, as the UK’s aviation sector struggles to cope with the soaring demand for air travel.

No more than 100,000 daily departing passengers are permitted from July 12 until Sept. 11, the airport announced.