Heathrow’s 2022 passengers topped 60 million in another loss-making year

Europe’s busiest airport London Heathrow has reported passenger numbers trebled in 2022 to 62 million amid a net loss of almost £700 million. Airport management boasted that the post-lockdown traffic surge “was equivalent to fitting virtually all of Frankfurt’s 2022 passengers” inside its five terminals. “Feedback from the vast majority of passengers was that they received great service, and we were pleased to be named best airport in Europe”, the airport said. But the airport’s statement reported an annual loss of £684 million, an improvement on the £1.2bn loss in 2021, and based on £2.9bn revenue, which was in turn