Heathrow celebrated a cracking Easter getaway as millions of passengers jetted off.
The airport said yesterday that it handled more than 6.2m passengers in March – 1m more than in February.
And, in a sign the Easter holidays were particularly busy, the final day of March was one of the airport’s busiest days since 2019 as schools broke up and families went away.
Taking-off: Heathrow said that it handled more than 6.2m passengers in March – 1m more than in February
Some 221,606 passengers travelled through Heathrow on March 31 alone.
The airport insisted ‘service levels were excellent’ despite strikes.
Heathrow chief executive John Holland-Kaye, who is stepping down this year, said: ‘I am very proud of the way that colleagues have pulled together to ensure passengers got away smoothly on their Easter holidays.’