Heathrow Airport’s Chief Executive Officer, John Holland-Kaye, this morning revealed that passenger levels at the airport were down 88% on the previous year in November – when England was in national lockdown.
Mr Holland-Kaye said: “We had around one million passengers in November – usually we would have seven million.”
He said the fall in passengers is also affecting cargo – as a significant amount of it is transported on passenger planes.
“Aviation provides our long distance trading networks. So until we can get flying again, we’re holding back trade.”