The Airport Operator - Autumn 2024
06 September 2024
Record number of passengers travelled through Heathrow Airport in July as schools broke up for the summer holiday.
Before this year the airport had never surpassed 1.8m passengers in a week. In July 2024 this was achieved three weeks in a row between 8 and 28 July. Heathrow saw six of its busiest ever departure days in the week from 22 July as schools broke up for the summer holiday period. The record passenger numbers ensured that Heathrow easily retained its status as the busiest airport in Europe, ahead of Amsterdam, Frankfurt,
Madrid and Paris Charles de Gaulle.
The airport’s cargo operation, the busiest in the UK, also performed strongly, with an 8% increase in cargo tonnage in July 2024 compared to July 2023.
