Heathrow Airport has been accused of trying to maximise profits during a difficult travel period at the expense of airlines
Willie Walsh says Heathrow is trying to maximise profits at the expense of airlines but the airport says it has faced 40 years of growth in just four months and the last thing it needs is"ill-informed comments from retired airline bosses"..
The claim comes from the former boss of BA owner IAG, Willie Walsh, who is now director general of the International Air Transport Association - a body representing global airlines., and after it imposed a new daily limit of 100,000 passengers - a cut of 4,000 passengers a day - until 11 September. Heathrow said this was so it could keep service at an acceptable level as it struggles to deal with staff shortages and recruitment hold-ups.
But Mr Walsh said the UK's busiest airport had under-estimated the speed of the recovery and was concentrating on its own profits while forcing airlines to pick up the cost.He told Reuters:"To tell airlines to stop selling - what a ridiculous thing for an airport to say to an airline. "Heathrow are trying to maximise the profitability that they get from the airport at the expense of airlines."
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