The management company Heathrow Airport Limited, which controls the London airport, recently communicated the data regarding the volume of passengers transiting in the month of August 2023: travellers welcomed in the British airport were 7.554 million. A performance that marks a growth of +25.1% compared to the same period last year. 

According to the report, 52.289 million passengers have already passed through in the first eight months of the year (+36.1% compared to 2023). Extending the time horizon to the period September 2022-August 2023, the airport hosted a total of 75,465 million travellers (+50.3% on an annual basis). Looking at the cargo traffic: in August there were 120,488 tonnes transported by air (+12.7% compared to the same month of 2022), while in the first eight months the volume fell by -3.2%.