
Heathrow may not be top of the global tree any more in terms of passenger numbers. But what is sometimes overlooked is that London as a whole remains the busiest aviation city in the world. By some margin.
According to latest available figures London’s six airports handled just over 168 million passengers last year, a fair way ahead of the 147 million who passed through New York’s five locations. Paris is a long way back with 105 million passengers.