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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Simon Calder

‘Heathrow’s third runway should have been built 10 years ago’ says airport boss

Going places: An average of 232,000 passengers passed through London Heathrow during 2025 - (Heathrow Airport Ltd)

London Heathrow airport, the busiest hub in Europe, handled an average of 232,000 passengers each day in 2025.

But so constrained is the UK’s main arrival and departure point that it forecasts growth of less than 1 per cent during the current year to 85 million passengers.

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