Heathrow orders airlines to stop selling summer flight tickets

Heathrow Airlines has ordered airlines to stop selling tickets for summer flights as it imposes a cap on passenger numbers (Steve Parsons/PA)

Heathrow Airport has ordered airlines to stop selling tickets for summer flights as it imposes a cap on passenger numbers.

No more than 100,000 daily departing passengers are permitted from Tuesday until September 11, the west London airport announced.