{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/9475d117-fcd4-4915-a6f3-923941e7aa0d/6526b1c6b774f70011f87599?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Why air passengers are flocking to post-Covid Heathrow","description":"<p>The glamour of international air travel is bouncing back - and Heathrow Airport bosses say they’ve got the passenger numbers to prove it.</p><p>LHR revealed on Wednesday that the number of travellers was back above pre-pandemic levels for the first time.</p><p>Airport bosses say more than seven million passengers took off or landed over September, soaring past 2019’s figures of nearly 6.8 million travellers.</p><p>The Leader podcast’s joined by Evening Standard business editor Jonathan Prynn.</p><p>Plus, latest on a major fire sparked by an exploding car at Luton Airport, where five people were taken to hospital and firefighters spent 12 hours battling the flames.</p><p>Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service say their current hypothesis is the blaze started accidentally in the £20million Terminal Car Park Two.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The Evening Standard"}