London's Heathrow airport imposes capacity cap of 100,000 passengers a day

London’s Heathrow airport is imposing a two-month cap on daily passenger traffic, a dramatic response by the country’s busiest airport to the flight chaos that has gripped Europe for weeks as airlines and ground crews struggle to process a surge in travel demand. 
 

The airport will limit daily passenger traffic to 100,000 people through Sept. 11, asking airlines to refrain from selling summer tickets, according to a release on Tuesday. Forecasts show that the airport would have to handle as many as 104,000 passengers a day over the summer, the airport said.

The move comes in reaction to ground staffing that