Heathrow warns of more flight cuts as it apologises for travel chaos

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There could possibly be much more distress forward for British holidaymakers as Heathrow warned it may inform airways to chop extra flights.

The airport mentioned it might evaluation latest schedule adjustments and ask carriers to take additional motion if vital.

It got here as Heathrow apologised for the latest chaotic scenes within the journey hub, saying: “Regardless of our greatest efforts there have been intervals in latest weeks, the place service ranges haven’t been acceptable, with lengthy queue instances, delays for passengers with decreased mobility, luggage not travelling with passengers or arriving late, and we wish to apologise to any passengers who’ve been affected by this.”

Heathrow mentioned practically 6m passengers handed by way of the airport in June, taking the whole for the primary six months of the 12 months to 25m. That is equal to 40 years of passenger progress in simply 4 months.

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Tokyo shares opened larger after Japan’s Liberal Democratic Celebration secured a powerful win in Sunday’s higher home election.

The benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 1.6pc, whereas the broader Topix index climbed 1.4pc.

Hong Kong shares fell greater than 1pc at first of enterprise. The Hold Seng Index dropped 1.2pc, the Shanghai Composite Index dipped 0.5pc and the Shenzhen Composite Index on China’s second alternate eased 0.4pc

Arising at this time

Company: No main scheduled updates

Economics: Month-to-month funds assertion (US); Eurogroup assembly (EU)