- Heathrow Airport recorded its busiest day of the year on 19 July, welcoming 267,000 passengers as summer school holidays began.
- A total of 7.85 million passengers passed through Heathrow in July, representing a 1.5 per cent decrease compared to the same month last year.
- Istanbul Airport overtook Heathrow as Europe's busiest hub in July, influenced by a 20.2 per cent drop in Heathrow's Middle East route traffic.
- Heathrow is seeking government approval for a third runway expansion to increase its annual capacity to 150 million passengers.
- Prime Minister Andy Burnham previously voiced concerns that expanding Heathrow diverts vital infrastructure investment away from the North.
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