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Heathrow Airport plunges to £2billion loss amid 'toughest year in its 75 year history'

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Britain's biggest airport has reported a loss of more than £2billion, after the "toughest year by far" in its 75-year history.

The airport crashed to an annual loss of £2.01bn for the 12 months to December 31, down from a profit of £546m in 2019, a statement said on Wednesday.

Heathrow bosses said the figures "underlined the devastating impact of Covid-19 on aviation". It comes as passenger numbers collapsed 73% to 22.1million last year, with a new red list severely restricting travel while the Foreign Commonwealth Office continues to advise against all non-essential travel.

More than half of those passengers travelled in January and February last year - before the pandemic began. By April 2020, passengers had fallen to only 3% of 2019

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