Emirates hits back at Heathrow’s capacity cap

Emirates has hit back at Heathrow airport’s announcement that it is limiting flights with a new capacity cap that came into force on July 12 (see story here). Emirates has published an open statement decrying the fact that Heathrow provided only 36 hours for airlines to comply with the cut in flights “of a figure that appears to be plucked from thin air” and that the airport company “dictated the specific flights on which we should throw out paying passengers, but also threatened legal action for non-compliance”. Emirates is clearly unhappy with the move by Heathrow to ensure the airport