Loganair has announced plans to expand at London Heathrow and has renewed its calls to the UK Government to reform competition remedies to make slots at Heathrow permanently available for UK regional connectivity.
The airline has secured access to 30 additional pairs of slots each week at Heathrow under a lease arrangement with British Airways, which takes effect in May 2023. The slots will enable Loganair to develop regional connectivity from UK domestic destinations to the UK’s premier hub, offering both point-to-point access into London itself and a broad range of new worldwide connections via Heathrow.
Jonathan Hinkles, Chief Executive said, “We’re delighted to be growing our operations at Heathrow. Having taken these important first steps ourselves to provide new connectivity to and from the UK regions under this arrangement, it’s now essential for the UK Government to initiate the process needed to reform competition remedies to provide access to Heathrow for the UK regions.”
Loganair’s campaign around the reform of Heathrow competition remedy slots began last month, and quickly gathered support from figures including John Holland-Kaye, the Chief Executive of Heathrow Airport; Willie Walsh, the Director General of IATA; and Dr Liz Cameron CBE, Chief Executive of the Scottish Chambers of Commerce.
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