February 10th - Heathrow airlines and hotels deplore "vast overcharging and declining service"
Heathrow's key customers, the airlines and the hotels, want lower charges and higher standards at the UK's busiest airport.
Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast · The Independent
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Show Notes
In an unprecedented and coordinated attack, the airlines that use Heathrow airport – as well a prominent hotelier – are demanding lower charges and higher standards.
Virgin Atlantic, British Airways’ parent IAG, the Heathrow Airline Operators’ Committee (AOC) and the Arora hotel group say the current way that charges are set by the Civil Aviation Authority are not fit for purpose.
Heathrow says it wants a better long-term arrangement, but that expansion – in the form of a third runway – must be paid for.
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