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• Graham Dunn
Heathrow chief executive Thomas Woldbye says the airport had to make a capacity-driven decision after proposing to end Virgin Atlantic and Delta Air Lines’ co-location in Terminal 3. The plan has drawn Virgin’s anger, putting the operational trade-offs of allocating constrained terminal space in focus.
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Heathrow chief executive Thomas Woldbye says the airport had to make a capacity-driven decision after proposing to end Virgin Atlantic and Delta Air Lines’ co-location in Terminal 3. The plan has drawn Virgin’s anger, putting the operational trade-offs of allocating constrained terminal space in focus.
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