Heathrow wants travel opened up for vaccinated as Covid losses near £3bn

Restrictions and expensive testing requirements are hindering UK’s economic recovery, says airport

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Heathrow airport has called on the UK government to open up travel for fully vaccinated passengers as it said its losses because of the Covid-19 pandemic had reached almost £3bn.

The airport reported a £868m loss for the first half of 2021 and said restrictions and expensive testing requirements were hindering the UK’s economic recovery. This pushed its total losses since the start of the pandemic to £2.9bn.