Heathrow boss defends ‘mindless’ terminal reshuffle

The boss of Heathrow Airport has been forced to defend his decision to separate Virgin Atlantic from its partner airline Delta, after the carrier s chief executive threatened to challenge the decision extremely hard . Thomas Woldbye said the west London hub s recent reshuffle of terminal occupancy would allow 2.5m more travellers through Heathrow every year and cut the charge applied passenger air fares by one pound. We have been through three consultations over three years, he told an aviation event. We have checked and double checked the objectives of that with our airlines. So this is a community decision and we have a big majority of our airlines are supporting this decision. The intervention came after Virgin Atlantic boss Corneel Koster launched a furious rebuke of the airport s decision to separate Virgin from its long-time partner, Delta. Under Heathrow s plans, which will come into force in 2028, Virgin Atlantic flights will continue to take-off from terminal thr