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Taylor Swift fans help push Heathrow passenger numbers to record high
London concerts drive travellers to airport, which may reinstate dividend for first time in four yearsTaylor Swift fans and Olympic visitors helped push record-breaking numbers of passengers to travel through Heathrow between June and September, prompting the airport to consider reinstating its dividend for the first time in four years.The UK’s biggest airport said there were multiple consecutive weeks with record passenger numbers during the school holidays, with 30.7 million travellers passing through from June to September – bringing the total for the first nine months of the year to 63.1 million. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/23/taylor-swift-fans-help-push-heathrow-passenger-numbers-to-record-high
Heathrow Airport experienced a record-breaking summer, with 30.7 million passengers traveling through the airport from June to September. The airport's busiest day for departures and arrivals in its history was on July 24 and September 2, respectively. As a result, Heathrow has increased its 2024 passenger forecast to 83.8m. The airport also made a pre-tax profit of £696m in the first nine months of the year, compared to £618m during the same period a year earlier. Heathrow's chief executive, Thomas Woldbye, said the busy summer tested the airport's infrastructure and airlines to cooperate harder than ever before.