Heathrow Airport suffers £2bn loss in 2020 as 'air travel fell to level of the 1970s'
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dailystar.co.ukHeathrow Airport has lost a whopping £2 billion as Covid saw passenger numbers plunge to levels not seen since the 70s.The shock figures come as experts warned Turkey and Russia have taken over Britain's top spot for European aviation.Heathrow chief John Holland-Kaye on Wednesday revealed it suffered a £2 billion annual loss after passenger numbers collapsed by 73% during the pandemic.The group’s hefty pre-tax loss for 2020 compared with profits of £546 million in 2019.Figures showed the number of jet-setters passing through the airport dropped to 22.1 million last year from 80.9 million in 2019.Most of those travelled last January and February before the Covid-19 crisis struck, Heathrow said.The group is urging Chancellor Rishi Sunak to.
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