By Tom Espiner Business pressreporter, BBC News Image source, Getty Images Heathrow hasactually been informed to cut traveler charges for airlinecompanies each year upuntil 2026 by the Civil Aviation Authority. The regulator stated the decrease in charges showed the current rebound in traveler numbers, however would still permit the airport to invest. But Heathrow, which desired the charges raised, stated the relocation would weaken the shipment of secret enhancements. The charges are paid by airlinecompanies, however can then be passed onto guests bymeansof airtravels. The costs go towards operating terminals, runways, luggage systems and security. At the minute, the average charge per guest at Heathrow is £30.19, and the CAA has stated this will fall to £26.31 by2026 However, Heathrow desired to boost it to £41.95. The CAA stated the decrease in the charge “reflects anticipated increases in guest numbers as the healing from the pandemic continues and the greater level of the cost cap in 2022, which was put in location in 2021 to show the difficulties from the pandemic at the time”. In December 2021, Heathrow was provided approval to raise the traveler charge from £19.60 to £30.19 for this summertime. Richard Moriarty, chief executive of the CAA, stated the cut in charges was “about doing the right thing for customers”. “Our independent and unbiased analysis balances budgetfriendly charges for customers, while permitting Heathrow to make the financialinvestment required for the future.” However, Heathrow chief executive John Holland-Kaye stated the regulator “continues to ignore what it takes to provide a excellent guest service, both in terms of the level of financialinvestment and operating expenses needed and the reasonable reward required for personal financiers to financing it”. “Uncorrected, these components of the CAA’s proposition will just outcome in guests getting a evenworse experience at Heathrow as financialinvestment in service dries up,” he stated. How much oughtto Heathrow be
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