Virgin Atlantic’s India-London flight cancelled after Heathrow airport caps passenger numbers; More could follow

Virgin Atlantic cancelled its Delhi-London flight on Thursday and British Airways will also pull out a few India-London flights from its summer schedule following Heathrow airport’s decision to limit the number of passengers to one lakh a day.

Other airlines that operate India-London flights could follow suit, an aviation industry source said.

The limits on passenger numbers imposed by Heathrow airport to cope with a staff crunch are…