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- Heathrow’s busiest month since March 2020, with 1.5m passengers
- Urges US to lift restrictions on UK passengers
- Also pushes for cheaper Covid tests
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Heathrow also flagged up that U.S. carrier JetBlue starts flying a new route between New York’s JFK airport and London this week.
Heathrow says the move will ‘further increase its transatlantic offering’, despite the presidential proclamation that currently bans non-Americans from visiting the US from the UK, and the European Union.
“We are hopeful over the next two or three months, as we get on the right side of the Delta variant increases we have seen, we can revisit that and we can welcome Brits and Europeans to the States again.
The carrier is using a narrow-bodied Airbus A321 on the route and aims to lure business passengers from American Airlines, British Airways, Delta and Virgin Atlantic.
Heathrow, formerly the busiest airport in Europe, has had its best (or least bad) month since March 2020.
The hub is still 80% down on pre-pandemic passenger numbers and 17th busiest in Europe. Yet compared with other UK airports, Heathrow is doing well.https://t.co/1Ytkloqeju
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