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RTÉ News
12-05-2025
- Business
- RTÉ News
Heathrow Airport records busiest April for passenger numbers
Heathrow Airport said last month was its busiest April on record, as it served nearly 7.1 million passengers, an increase of 5.9% compared with the same month last year. The increase was partially driven by the timing of Easter this year. The west London airport said this year it has recorded the "highest departure punctuality out of the major European hubs", 99% of bags travelled on the planned flights, and 97% of passengers waited less than five minutes at security. "Last month showed Heathrow at its very best - we successfully navigated our busiest April ever whilst our service levels took a further leap forward," chief executive Thomas Woldbye said. "We're providing great value for our passengers and I'm proud of what we've achieved in collaboration with our Team Heathrow partners so far this year," the CEO said. "We're now firmly focused on the busy summer ahead and work is under way across the airport to ensure we continue delivering for our customers," he added.
BBC News
12-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Heathrow Airport records busiest April with 7 million passengers served
Heathrow Airport said last month was its busiest April on record, with nearly 7.1 million passengers being number of people using the hub was 5.9% higher than April last year, although the figures were partially driven by the timing of Easter this west London airport also reported it had the "highest departure punctuality out of the major European hubs" with 99% of bags on the planned flights and 97% of passengers clearing security in under five executive Thomas Woldbye said: "Last month showed Heathrow at its very best - we successfully navigated our busiest April ever whilst our service levels took a further leap forward." 'Most expensive in the world' Mr Woldbye said work was already ''under way across the airport'' ahead of the busy summer ahead."We're providing great value for our passengers and I'm proud of what we've achieved in collaboration with our Team Heathrow partners so far this year,'' he airlines which use Heathrow have branded the airport the most expensive in the world for passenger 21 March the airport was also shutdown for much of the day because of a substation fire, affecting some 200,000 week, an interim report by the National Energy System Operator (Neso) said the cause of the blaze was still unknown but found power had been restored to the airport's terminals seven hours before flights the release of the report, Heathrow Airport said it had raised "important questions", such as how the fire started.
ITV News
12-05-2025
- Business
- ITV News
Heathrow records busiest April for passenger numbers
Heathrow Airport said last month was its busiest April on record, as it served nearly 7.1 million passengers. That is up 5.9% compared with April 2024. The increase was partially driven by the timing of Easter this year. The west London airport said this year it has recorded the 'highest departure punctuality out of the major European hubs', 99% of bags travelled on the planned flights, and 97% of passengers waited less than five minutes at security. Chief executive Thomas Woldbye said: 'Last month showed Heathrow at its very best – we successfully navigated our busiest April ever whilst our service levels took a further leap forward. 'We're providing great value for our passengers and I'm proud of what we've achieved in collaboration with our Team Heathrow partners so far this year. 'We're now firmly focused on the busy summer ahead and work is under way across the airport to ensure we continue delivering for our customers.' Some airlines which use Heathrow have branded the airport the most expensive in the world for passenger charges. Last week, an interim report by the National Energy System Operator (Neso) found power was restored to Heathrow's terminals seven hours before flights resumed on March 21, when the airport was closed because of a substation fire. The flow of electricity to the buildings was restarted by 10.56am but flights did not resume until approximately 6pm. Neso said power was restored to the 'wider Heathrow Airport Limited network' by 2.23pm, which was followed by 'a period of safety checking'. Heathrow Airport said the report raised 'important questions', such as how the fire started.
Powys County Times
12-05-2025
- Business
- Powys County Times
Heathrow records busiest April for passenger numbers
Heathrow Airport said last month was its busiest April on record, as it served nearly 7.1 million passengers. That is up 5.9% compared with April 2024. The increase was partially driven by the timing of Easter this year. The west London airport said this year it has recorded the 'highest departure punctuality out of the major European hubs', 99% of bags travelled on the planned flights, and 97% of passengers waited less than five minutes at security. Chief executive Thomas Woldbye said: 'Last month showed Heathrow at its very best – we successfully navigated our busiest April ever whilst our service levels took a further leap forward. 'We're providing great value for our passengers and I'm proud of what we've achieved in collaboration with our Team Heathrow partners so far this year. 'We're now firmly focused on the busy summer ahead and work is under way across the airport to ensure we continue delivering for our customers.' Some airlines which use Heathrow have branded the airport the most expensive in the world for passenger charges. Last week, an interim report by the National Energy System Operator (Neso) found power was restored to Heathrow's terminals seven hours before flights resumed on March 21, when the airport was closed because of a substation fire. The flow of electricity to the buildings was restarted by 10.56am but flights did not resume until approximately 6pm. Neso said power was restored to the 'wider Heathrow Airport Limited network' by 2.23pm, which was followed by 'a period of safety checking'.
Daily Mail
12-05-2025
- Business
- Daily Mail
Heathrow scores record April after power outage upheaval
London's Heathrow Airport bounced back from the major power outage suffered in late March to record its busiest ever April, thanks to bumper Easter holiday demand. Around 7.1 million people came through Europe's busiest airport last month, compared to 6.7 million in April 2024. It follows an electrical substation fire - the cause of which is still unknown - that led to a power outage at Heathrow and over 1,300 flight cancellations. But nearly 1 million passengers flew through the British Airways hub during the most recent Easter weekend, which ran from 18 to 21 April, and included over 140,000 people landing on Easter Monday. Italian destinations performed exceptionally well, with record demand for Florence and Venice, the airport said. More than 2.4 million passengers travelled between Heathrow and the European Union, a 4.7 per cent year-on-year rise, while the numbers journeying to or from North America were 5.5 per cent higher at 1.75 million. Since then, the total number of people flying on the Heathrow-New York JFK route hit the million mark year-to-date in record time. Thomas Woldbye, chief executive of Heathrow, said: 'Last month showed Heathrow at its very best - we successfully navigated our busiest April ever whilst our service levels took a further leap forward. 'We're providing great value for our passengers and I'm proud of what we've achieved in collaboration with our Team Heathrow partners so far this year. 'We're now firmly focused on the busy summer ahead and work is underway across the airport to ensure we continue delivering for our customers.' Heathrow's announcement comes a few days after BA revealed it lost £40million from the power outage that hit the airport on 21 March. Last week, the UK Government's National Energy System Operator (NESO) confirmed that electricity was restored to Heathrow just before 11am, but flights did not take off again until about 6pm. A further report on the matter is expected to be released later this month. Susannah Streeter, head of money and markets at Hargreaves Lansdown, said: 'Air travel appears to have been immune to the trade turmoil unleashed by Trump on Liberation Day, and the sharp falls in stock markets.' 'Even though it appeared to lead to a fresh crisis of confidence among businesses, it's done little to dent demand for trips away.'
