Heathrow slashes domestic prices
The airport has announced plans to cut the cost of domestic flights in order to make it cheaper to fly within the UK and boost the number of domestic flights serving the hub.
UK fliers are set to save even more when flying from Heathrow as the airport announced a 50% increase in the discount for domestic flights.
Passengers flying to any UK destination from Heathrow will now have a £15 discount on the airport charges they pay – the biggest discount in the airport’s history and resulting in savings of nearly £40m annually and over £750m over the next 20 years.
Heathrow has been a long-time and ardent campaigner for boosting domestic flights at the UK’s hub and last year committed to keeping a discounted domestic passenger charge for at least the next 20 years as long as it is in the public interest.
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