The head of Heathrow moved yesterday to end a damaging public quarrel with one of the world’s largest airlines after the government gave him an ultimatum to end the continued chaos of trips to the largest airport of the United Kingdom.
Emirates, the Dubai-owned company, had refused to comply this week with a request from Heathrow management to reduce the number of flights operating from the airport and stop selling summer tickets. Heathrow limited the number of passengers to 100,000 daily during the holiday high season until 9/11 to try to limit disruptions.
The Gulf airline accused Heathrow of not preparing for the post-pandemic recovery of air travel and said the airport should not impose the burden on travelers and airlines. Emirates operates