Overview
- Heathrow set its busiest single day on 1 August with more than 270,000 travelers and closed the year with a record December of nearly 7.2 million.
- Heathrow reported Europe-leading punctuality in December, with over 97% of passengers clearing security in under five minutes.
- Management plans to invest more than £1.3 billion in 2026, including a Terminal 4 refresh and a new Terminal 2 baggage system.
- Traffic patterns shifted as North America dipped 0.3% while Middle East, Asia and Africa grew by more than 2% each, and a March substation fire slightly reduced annual performance.
- Manchester reached about 32.1 million passengers and Stansted topped 30 million for the first time, supported by new long-haul links.