Capacity cap at London’s Heathrow Airport not affecting Las Vegas flights

Capacity cap at London’s Heathrow Airport not affecting Las Vegas flights

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  • Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal
July 18, 2022 10:38 PM
  • Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal

London’s Heathrow International Airport imposed a cap on daily passenger traffic leaving the airport, but so far it hasn’t affected nonstop flights between London and Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas.

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Reid Airport spokesman Joe Rajchel said Thursday that there has been no indication that two daily nonstop flights between London and Las Vegas on British Airways and Virgin Atlantic would be curtailed by the new policy that began [July 12] and runs through Sept. 11.

The airport asked airlines to refrain from selling summer tickets to limit the capacity at the airport to 100,000 passengers a day…

The capacity cap comes at a time when Reid International is welcoming back international travel in a bid to drive more global tourism.