In a conciliatory joint statement Emirates Airlines President Sir Tim Clark KBE and Heathrow CEO Holland-Kaye said: The President of Emirates Airline and the CEO of Heathrow Airport held a constructive meeting this morning. Emirates agreed the airline was ready and willing to work with the airport to remediate the situation over the next 2 weeks, to keep demand and capacity in balance and provide passengers with a smooth and reliable journey through Heathrow this summer.
"Emirates has capped further sales on its flights out of Heathrow until mid-August to assist Heathrow in its resource ramp-up and is working to adjust capacity.
"In the meantime, Emirates flights from Heathrow operate as scheduled and ticketed passengers may travel as booked."
Whilst it is not the capacity cut the airport had hoped for, it will still help it manage customer throughput in order to alleviate delays and disruption. According to sources close to the discussion, legal advice had been sought on both sides which could have seen the airline being barred from the airport completely.
Emirates is still operating its schedules as normal to and from London Heathrow with Airbus A380 and other aircraft as per the published schedule.
