UAE flights: Ticket prices to Heathrow rise after airport limits passengers

UAE flights: Ticket prices to Heathrow rise after airport limits passengers

The increase is mainly for economy class, a travel industry expert says

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Published: Fri 15 Jul 2022, 7:06 AM Last updated: Fri 15 Jul 2022, 7:08 AM

Experts in the travel industry in UAE are reporting at least a 10 per cent rise in economy class airfare to London. This comes after the Heathrow airport imposed caps on passenger numbers to deal with the summer rush.

“There is a slight increase in prices that we have witnessed on all airlines flying from the UAE to UK,” said Rashida Zahid, VP of Operations at Musafir.com. “The price increase is mainly on economy class airfare. First and business class airfare have more or less remained the same.”

London's Heathrow Airport (LHR) on Tuesday, for the first time ever, capped the number of departing passengers at 100,000 a day. This move came as it struggles to cope with a surge in travel, this summer. It has told airlines to stop selling tickets over the next two months in the face of baggage delays and lengthy queues.

Other travel agencies are also seeing similar increases in prices on flights to London. “With the new restrictions in place, the ticket prices into Heathrow have