Heathrow traffic down in June but North America bright spot

Airport World
Joe Bates
13 July 2026

Traffic to North America remained a bright spot for Heathrow last month, which handled 1.97 million outbound passengers to the region alone.

The upturn, fuelled by the ongoing FIFA World Cup finals in Canada, the US and Mexico, marked a second consecutive month of increased travel to the region, with flight numbers up and passenger numbers increasing by 1.2% year-on-year.

And it wasn’t just passengers heading across the Atlantic, as Heathrow handled close to 135,000 tonnes of cargo in June, an increase of almost 4%.

Another positive was Asia-Pacific, which became Heathrow’s fastest-growing major market last month, with passengers up 2.5% and cargo volumes up 11.7%...

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