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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Mark Banham

Airports poised to limit summer bookings after chaos over flights

Heathrow says it is working with airlines to deal with expanded passenger numbers

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Heathrow is poised to slash customer bookings by up to a third as it attempts to take decisive action over recent â€¨overcrowding and flight cancellations due to staff shortages — and other UK airports are set to follow suit.

The cutbacks on flights and bookings could hit share prices at carriers using UK airports as they negotiate with the hubs to try to wrest control of the passenger problem. There has been a rush to book holidays following the easing of coronavirus restrictions.

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