The airport says while it is concerned about inbound demand, it fears that Border Force will fail to cope sufficiently with higher numbers of UK passengers this summer.
Heathrow airport has raised fears that Russia's invasion of Ukraine will severely damage the aviation industry's recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
The publication of its latest passenger numbers, which showed they remained almost 50% down on pre-pandemic levels last month, warned that inbound demand was under particular threat. The UK's largest airport, which has reported £3.8bn in losses over the past two years, highlighted concerns from US travellers over war in Europe, longer flight times to avoid closed airspace and higher fuel prices.Heathrow reveals £3.8bn in pandemic losses
It said that February had not delivered the school half-term boost that had been anticipated because of lingering worries about the pandemic.and Russia's actions in Ukraine. "While we hope that these will be removed, we also face headwinds from higher fuel prices, longer flight times to destinations impacted by airspace closures, concerns from US. travellers over war in Europe and the likelihood of new 'variants of concern', which together create huge uncertainty over the passenger forecasts this year," its statement said.
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