• Last month more than 7.2 million passengers flew through Heathrow. Helped by the half term peak, the busiest ever October saw Heathrow reach a sixth consecutive month of more than seven million passengers, another first in a record year of performance • Sustained demand throughout the summer period has pushed the annual forecast up. The airport now expects to close out 2024 having served 83.8 million passengers, an increase of 2.9 million on 2019’s previous annual record of 80.9 million – the equivalent of welcoming 7,300 extra passengers every day, through the same four terminals and two runways • As the clocks changed back in October, this signalled the start of the winter flying schedule. Heathrow passengers can now make the most of this season’s changes, including new routes to Tromsø to explore the Northern Lights, better connections to business centres like Delhi, Jeddah and Chongqing and even more choice for popular family destinations like Orlando (....)