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you go back around here, It's a flashback to years past.
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Britain's Heathrow Airport saw passenger numbers fall 73% last year to levels not seen since the 19 seventies.
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It said Wednesday it plunged to a $2.8 billion annual loss due to the global health crisis.
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22 million people traveled through the airport, half of those in the first two months of the year before most global lockdowns Heathrow also lost.
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Its title is the busiest airport in Europe to Paris as its flight schedules contracted mawr than its rivals.
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Now the London hub is desperate to get passengers back in the skies.
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On has called on the U.
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K government to help out the airport once rapid digital health checks to replace the current paper based system, and it's called for business tax breaks for big airports.
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Now there is some cause for optimism at Heathrow, which is just outside the capital.
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It hopes travel markets will reopen from mid May after the British government announced a lot down restrictions would be eased during the coming months.